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.
ELLA FITZGERALDIt isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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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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When we were at the Apollo, Holiday was a block away. I asked her for her autograph.
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Every time I look down on this timeless town, whether blue or gray be her skies, whether loud be her cheers, or whether soft be her tears, more and more do I realize that. I love Paris.
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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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Music is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
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You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
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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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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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It isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
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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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Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.
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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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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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When I’m on stage I feel at home
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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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