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.
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 FITZGERALDI think I do better when I sing.
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. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.
ELLA FITZGERALDMusic is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
ELLA FITZGERALDThe only thing better than singing is more singing.
ELLA FITZGERALDIt isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
ELLA FITZGERALDI don’t want to say the wrong thing, which I always do. I think I do better when I sing.
ELLA FITZGERALDListen to her voice, don’t look at her.
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 FITZGERALDEvery 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.
ELLA FITZGERALDI stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
ELLA FITZGERALDWhatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
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 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 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 FITZGERALD