Some kids in Italy call me ‘Mama Jazz; I thought that was so cute. As long as they don’t call me ‘Grandma Jazz.’
ELLA FITZGERALDShe has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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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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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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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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Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.
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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.
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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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Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
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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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You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
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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.
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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.
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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
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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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