When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.
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More Billie Holiday Quotes
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One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
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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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I never sing a song the same way twice.
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Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
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When you sing, always tell the truth.
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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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Don’t be in such a hurry.
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I never hurt nobody but myself and that’s nobody’s business but my own.
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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.
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God has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.
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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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I’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do.
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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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Them that’s got shall get, Them that’s not shall lose. So the Bible says, And it still is news. Mama may have, Papa may have, But God bless the child that’s got his own.
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The difficult I’ll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.
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