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 FITZGERALDI don’t want to say the wrong thing, which I always do. I think I do better when I sing.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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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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Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.
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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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Music is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
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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’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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Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
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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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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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When I’m on stage I feel at home
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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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