Sometimes it’s worse to win a fight than to lose.
BILLIE HOLIDAYGod bless the child that’s got his own.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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The difficult I’ll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.
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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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If I’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all.
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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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I can’t stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years.
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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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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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When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.
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If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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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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Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.
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In this country, don’t forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There’s no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it’s the worst kind of hell for those who love you.
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New Orleans is the only city in the world you go in to buy a pair of nylon stockings they want to know your head size.
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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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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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