The fabulous places I’ve been, wonderful things that’ve happened, great people I’ve met ought to make a story.
ELLA FITZGERALDWhen I’m on stage I feel at home
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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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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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 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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Music is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
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You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
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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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What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.
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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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I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
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When I’m on stage I feel at home
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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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Coming through the years, and finding that I not only have just the fans of my day, but the young ones of today – that’s what it means, it means it was worth all of it.
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I think I do better when I sing.
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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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