The fabulous places I’ve been, wonderful things that’ve happened, great people I’ve met ought to make a story.
ELLA FITZGERALDI stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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Everybody wants to know about my style and how it came about. It’s no big secret. It’s the way I feel.
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When I’m on stage I feel at home
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The only thing better than singing is more singing.
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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.
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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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Sometimes when we’re flying or in the hotel, I might run over songs, or in the bathroom.
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I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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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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Coming through the years, and finding that I not only have just the fans of my day, but the young ones of today – that’s what it means, it means it was worth all of it.
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What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.
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A 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.
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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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It isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
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Music is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
ELLA FITZGERALD