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.
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 I’m on stage I feel at home
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Just 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.
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The only thing better than singing is more singing.
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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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It isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
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You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
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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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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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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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Sometimes when we’re flying or in the hotel, I might run over songs, or in the bathroom.
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Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.
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Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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Some kids in Italy call me ‘Mama Jazz; I thought that was so cute. As long as they don’t call me ‘Grandma Jazz.’
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