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.
ELLA FITZGERALDWhatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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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 only thing better than singing is more singing.
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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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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 stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
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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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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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Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.
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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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It isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
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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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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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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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