I’m always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I’ve been.
BILLIE HOLIDAYIf I don’t have friends, then I ain’t nothing.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.
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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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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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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. 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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Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what’s more than enough.
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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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I never sing a song the same way twice.
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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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Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.
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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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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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God bless the child that’s got his own.
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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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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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