It isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
ELLA FITZGERALDI think I do better when I sing.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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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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I guess what everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. And to know that you loved me for my singing is too much for me. Forgive me if I don’t have all the words. Maybe I can sing it and you’ll understand.
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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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When we were at the Apollo, Holiday was a block away. I asked her for her autograph.
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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 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 stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
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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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You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
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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.
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Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.
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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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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.
ELLA FITZGERALD