If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
BILLIE HOLIDAYGod bless the child that’s got his own.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what’s more than enough.
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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 try to improvise like Les Young, Louis Armstrong or someone else I admire. What comes out is what I feel.
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If I don’t have friends, then I ain’t nothing.
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I don’t think I’m singing. I feel like I’m playing a horn, What comes out is what I feel.
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The only reason they’re out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.
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In this country kings or dukes don’t amount to nothing. The greatest man around then was Franklin D. Roosevelt, and he was the President; so I started calling Lester the President. It got shortened to Pres.
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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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If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you’re out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung.
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Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.
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Them that’s got shall get, Them that’s not shall lose. So the Bible says, And it still is news. Mama may have, Papa may have, But God bless the child that’s got his own.
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When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.
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When you sing, always tell the truth.
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The blues to me is like being very sad, very sick, going to church, being very happy … it’s sort of a mixed up thing. You just have to feel it.
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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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