I’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do.
BILLIE HOLIDAYGod has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
-
-
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.
BILLIE HOLIDAY -
The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can’t sing.
BILLIE HOLIDAY -
People don’t understand the kind of fight it takes to record what you want to record the way you want to record it.
BILLIE HOLIDAY -
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 HOLIDAY -
I try to improvise like Les Young, Louis Armstrong or someone else I admire. What comes out is what I feel.
BILLIE HOLIDAY -
I don’t think I ever sing the same way twice. The blues is sort of a mixed-up thing. You just have to feel it. Anything I do sing is part of my life.
BILLIE HOLIDAY -
When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.
BILLIE HOLIDAY -
And when you’re poor, you grow up fast.
BILLIE HOLIDAY -
Don’t be in such a hurry.
BILLIE HOLIDAY -
When you sing, always tell the truth.
BILLIE HOLIDAY -
I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old.
BILLIE HOLIDAY -
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.
BILLIE HOLIDAY -
A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.
BILLIE HOLIDAY -
God has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.
BILLIE HOLIDAY -
If I don’t have friends, then I ain’t nothing.
BILLIE HOLIDAY