When you sing, always tell the truth.
BILLIE HOLIDAYGod bless the child that’s got his own.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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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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If I don’t have friends, then I ain’t nothing.
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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 nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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You’ve got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body’s sermon on how to behave.
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A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.
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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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People don’t understand the kind of fight it takes to record what you want to record the way you want to record it.
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God has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.
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I never sing a song the same way twice.
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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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There’s no damn business like show business – you have to smile to keep from throwing up.
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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’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all.
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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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