You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
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.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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When I’m on stage I feel at home
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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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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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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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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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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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I think I do better when I sing.
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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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Music is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
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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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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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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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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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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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