The only thing better than singing is more singing.
ELLA FITZGERALDThe only thing better than singing is more singing.
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 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 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 FITZGERALDMusic is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
ELLA FITZGERALDI stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
ELLA FITZGERALDI don’t want to say the wrong thing, which I always do. I think I do better when I sing.
ELLA FITZGERALDComing 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.
ELLA FITZGERALDSome kids in Italy call me ‘Mama Jazz; I thought that was so cute. As long as they don’t call me ‘Grandma Jazz.’
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 FITZGERALDJust don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.
ELLA FITZGERALDWhatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
ELLA FITZGERALDI 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.
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 FITZGERALDIt isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
ELLA FITZGERALDListen to her voice, don’t look at her.
ELLA FITZGERALD