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.
ELLA FITZGERALDWhen I’m on stage I feel at home
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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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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The only thing better than singing is more singing.
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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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You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
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Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
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What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.
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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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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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Music is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
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Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.
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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 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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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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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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