I’ve had some wonderful love affairs and some that didn’t work out. I don’t want to dwell on that and I don’t want to put people down, but I think all the fabulous places I’ve been, the wonderful things that have happened for me, the great people I’ve met – that ought to make a story.
ELLA FITZGERALDA lot of singers think all they have to do is exercise their tonsils to get ahead. They refuse to look for new ideas and new outlets, so they fall by the wayside. I’m going to try to find out the new ideas before the others do.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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I guess what everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. And to know that you loved me for my singing is too much for me. Forgive me if I don’t have all the words. Maybe I can sing it and you’ll understand.
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The fabulous places I’ve been, wonderful things that’ve happened, great people I’ve met ought to make a story.
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Sometimes when we’re flying or in the hotel, I might run over songs, or in the bathroom.
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I think I do better when I sing.
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I don’t want to say the wrong thing, which I always do. I think I do better when I sing.
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Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
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I’m very shy, and I shy away from people. But the moment I hit the stage, it’s a different feeling I get nerve from somewhere; maybe it’s because it’s something I love to do.
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Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.
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You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
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I know I’m no glamour girl, and it’s not easy for me to get up in front of a crowd of people. It used to bother me a lot, but now I’ve got it figured out that God gave me this talent to use, so I just stand there and sing.
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Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.
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When we were at the Apollo, Holiday was a block away. I asked her for her autograph.
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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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Music is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
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I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
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