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 FITZGERALDEverybody wants to know about my style and how it came about. It’s no big secret. It’s the way I feel.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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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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I think I do better when I sing.
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What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.
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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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You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
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Music is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
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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 stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
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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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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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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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Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.
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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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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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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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