God bless the child that’s got his own.
BILLIE HOLIDAYWhen you sing, always tell the truth.
More Billie Holiday Quotes
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You can’t copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you’re working without any real feeling.
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I try to improvise like Les Young, Louis Armstrong or someone else I admire. What comes out is what I feel.
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People don’t understand the kind of fight it takes to record what you want to record the way you want to record it.
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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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And when you’re poor, you grow up fast.
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If I don’t have friends, then I ain’t nothing.
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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.
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Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.
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I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old.
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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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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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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.
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I never sing a song the same way twice.
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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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God has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.
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