The only reason they’re out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.
BILLIE HOLIDAYGod bless the child that’s got his own.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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All dope can do for you is kill you… the long hard way. And it can kill the people you love right along with you.
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If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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You can’t copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you’re working without any real feeling.
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I don’t think I ever sing the same way twice. The blues is sort of a mixed-up thing. You just have to feel it. Anything I do sing is part of my life.
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I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That’s all I know.
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I never sing a song the same way twice.
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I can’t stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession. If you can, then it ain’t music, it’s close order drill, or exercise or yodeling or something, not music.
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Dope never helped anybody sing better or play music better or do anything better. All dope can do for you is kill you – and kill you the long, slow, hard way.
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Lust may be in the heart, though it be not seen by others; as guests may be in the house, though they look not out at the windows.
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I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old.
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Singing songs like ‘The Man I Love’ or ‘Porgy’ is no more work than sitting down and eating Chinese roast duck, and I love roast duck.
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I’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do.
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When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.
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I try to improvise like Les Young, Louis Armstrong or someone else I admire. What comes out is what I feel.
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Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three.
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