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 HOLIDAYIf 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.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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God has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.
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And when you’re poor, you grow up fast.
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There’s no damn business like show business – you have to smile to keep from throwing 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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When you sing, always tell the truth.
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If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
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A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.
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If I don’t have friends, then I ain’t nothing.
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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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In this country kings or dukes don’t amount to nothing. The greatest man around then was Franklin D. Roosevelt, and he was the President; so I started calling Lester the President. It got shortened to Pres.
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I’m always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I’ve been.
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Don’t be in such a hurry.
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One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
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When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.
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