When we were at the Apollo, Holiday was a block away. I asked her for her autograph.
ELLA FITZGERALDI stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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Ella knows her way around her voice as very few people today. But there are times when she seems to be unaware there are things the human voice just doesn’t do. She does them.
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Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
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Music is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
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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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Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.
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The only thing better than singing is more singing.
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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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Sometimes when we’re flying or in the hotel, I might run over songs, or in the bathroom.
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It isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
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I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
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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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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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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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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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I don’t want to say the wrong thing, which I always do. I think I do better when I sing.
ELLA FITZGERALD