One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
BILLIE HOLIDAYI 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.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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I can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
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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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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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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.
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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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God has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.
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I never sing a song the same way twice.
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God bless the child that’s got his own.
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You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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