Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
BILLIE HOLIDAYIf I’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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I’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do.
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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 never sing a song the same way twice.
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They think they can make fuel from horse manure – now, I don’t know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it’s sure gonna put a stop to siphoning.
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I can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
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The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can’t sing.
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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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The only reason they’re out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.
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I’m always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I’ve been.
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If you copy, it means you’re working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and it’s got to be that way in music or it isn’t music.
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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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Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.
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I never hurt nobody but myself and that’s nobody’s business but my own.
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The difficult I’ll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.
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