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 FITZGERALDWhen we were at the Apollo, Holiday was a block away. I asked her for her autograph.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
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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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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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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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Coming 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.
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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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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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Sometimes when we’re flying or in the hotel, I might run over songs, or in the bathroom.
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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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Music is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
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You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
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It isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
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Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
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I’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.
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What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.
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