I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
ELLA FITZGERALDWhat everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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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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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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What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.
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Music is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
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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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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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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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Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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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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She is amazingly creative, bringing so much more to a song than just a singer. She is a first-class musician and the most gracious person in the world.
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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 don’t want to say the wrong thing, which I always do. I think I do better when I sing.
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Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.
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