And when you’re poor, you grow up fast.
BILLIE HOLIDAYI never sing a song the same way twice.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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I’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do.
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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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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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When you sing, always tell the truth.
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Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three.
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I can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
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If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you’re out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung.
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Sometimes it’s worse to win a fight than to lose.
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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.
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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’m always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I’ve been.
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The only reason they’re out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.
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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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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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There’s no damn business like show business – you have to smile to keep from throwing up.
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