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.
ELLA FITZGERALDWhat everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.
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It isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
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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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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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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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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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Sometimes when we’re flying or in the hotel, I might run over songs, or in the bathroom.
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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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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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The only thing better than singing is more singing.
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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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Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.
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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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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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You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
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