If I don’t have friends, then I ain’t nothing.
BILLIE HOLIDAYWhen you sing, always tell the truth.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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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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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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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 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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When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.
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I’m always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I’ve been.
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Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what’s more than enough.
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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 I’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all.
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God has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.
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Sometimes it’s worse to win a fight than to lose.
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In this country, don’t forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There’s no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it’s the worst kind of hell for those who love you.
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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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Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
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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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