The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can’t sing.
BILLIE HOLIDAYPeople don’t understand the kind of fight it takes to record what you want to record the way you want to record it.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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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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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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The only reason they’re out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.
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The difficult I’ll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.
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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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One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
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Sometimes it’s worse to win a fight than to lose.
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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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Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what’s more than enough.
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Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
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If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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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 can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
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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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If I don’t have friends, then I ain’t nothing.
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