The only reason they’re out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.
BILLIE HOLIDAYOne day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
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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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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All dope can do for you is kill you… the long hard way. And it can kill the people you love right along with you.
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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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Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.
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I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That’s all I know.
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I can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
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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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The blues to me is like being very sad, very sick, going to church, being very happy … it’s sort of a mixed up thing. You just have to feel it.
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The difficult I’ll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.
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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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If I’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all.
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God has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.
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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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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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