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.
BILLIE HOLIDAYLove is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
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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The only reason they’re out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.
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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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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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Don’t be in such a hurry.
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I can’t stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession. If you can, then it ain’t music, it’s close order drill, or exercise or yodeling or something, not music.
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The difficult I’ll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.
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Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.
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God bless the child that’s got his own.
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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 whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can’t sing.
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When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.
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If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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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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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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