You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
ELLA FITZGERALDWhat everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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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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It isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
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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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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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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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I think I do better when I sing.
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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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Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.
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What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.
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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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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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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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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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