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.
ELLA FITZGERALDShe 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.
ELLA FITZGERALDMusic is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
ELLA FITZGERALDThe fabulous places I’ve been, wonderful things that’ve happened, great people I’ve met ought to make a story.
ELLA FITZGERALDEverybody wants to know about my style and how it came about. It’s no big secret. It’s the way I feel.
ELLA FITZGERALDI think I do better when I sing.
ELLA FITZGERALDIt isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
ELLA FITZGERALDI 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.
ELLA FITZGERALDI’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.
ELLA FITZGERALDSometimes when we’re flying or in the hotel, I might run over songs, or in the bathroom.
ELLA FITZGERALDWhatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
ELLA FITZGERALDYou take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
ELLA FITZGERALDThe only thing better than singing is more singing.
ELLA FITZGERALDListen to her voice, don’t look at her.
ELLA FITZGERALDI’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.
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.
ELLA FITZGERALDWhen I’m on stage I feel at home
ELLA FITZGERALD