It isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
ELLA FITZGERALDIt isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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When I’m on stage I feel at home
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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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Sometimes when we’re flying or in the hotel, I might run over songs, or in the bathroom.
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Some kids in Italy call me ‘Mama Jazz; I thought that was so cute. As long as they don’t call me ‘Grandma Jazz.’
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Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.
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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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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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Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
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What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.
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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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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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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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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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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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