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Billie Holiday

When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.
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Hear Himself Play Singing Word
Don’t be in such a hurry.
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Hurry One Liner Patience Time
I never hurt nobody but myself and that’s nobody’s business but my own.
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Business Hurt Myself
I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That’s all I know.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Change Hate Music Myself Sing
I can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
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Known Myself Sing Song Way
God bless the child that’s got his own.
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Blessing Children God Independent
I’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do.
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Hungry Myself Sing
I joined Count Basie’s band to make a little money and to see the world. For two years I didn’t see anything but the inside of a Blue Goose bus, and I never got to send home a quarter.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Money See World
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.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Heart Home Lust Window
Sometimes it’s worse to win a fight than to lose.
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Fight Lose Time Win Worst
If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you’re out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Goodness Mindset Thinking Yourself
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.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Body Eat Life Love Yourself
I can’t stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Myself Night Sing Song Stand
God has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.
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Believe Blessing God Yourself
I try to improvise like Les Young, Louis Armstrong or someone else I admire. What comes out is what I feel.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Feeling Improvisation Myself
The difficult I’ll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Difficult Impossible Inspirational Myself Right

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