I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
ELLA FITZGERALDElla 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.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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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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Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.
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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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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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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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Music is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
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When I’m on stage I feel at home
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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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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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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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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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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.
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I think I do better when I sing.
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