One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
BILLIE HOLIDAYI never sing a song the same way twice.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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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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You can’t copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you’re working without any real feeling.
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God bless the child that’s got his own.
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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 be in such a hurry.
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If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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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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I can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
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I’m always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I’ve been.
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The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can’t sing.
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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 never sing a song the same way twice.
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Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.
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I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old.
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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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