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One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.

Billie Holiday

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.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Exercise Myself Night Sing Stand
One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Day Head Lyrics Myself Place
I can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
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Known Myself Sing Song Way
I never sing a song the same way twice.
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Myself Sing Song
If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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Learning Past Point
I’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do.
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Hungry Myself Sing
The only reason they’re out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.
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Fall Myself Reason See
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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Feeling Improvisation Myself
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.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Earth Feeling Imitation Music People Reality Work Yourself
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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Myself Night Sing Song Stand
Singing songs like ‘The Man I Love’ or ‘Porgy’ is no more work than sitting down and eating Chinese roast duck, and I love roast duck.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Love Myself Sing Work
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.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Better Hard Kill Sing Slow Way
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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Feeling Horn Myself Sing Thinking
When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.
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Hear Himself Play Singing Word
Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
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Emotion Feeling Love
God bless the child that’s got his own.
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Blessing Children God Independent

One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.

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