When I’m on stage I feel at home
ELLA FITZGERALDMusic is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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It isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
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I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
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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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Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
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Music is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
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What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.
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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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The only thing better than singing is more singing.
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