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.
ELLA FITZGERALDEvery 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.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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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 don’t want to say the wrong thing, which I always do. I think I do better when I sing.
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You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
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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’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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Sometimes when we’re flying or in the hotel, I might run over songs, or in the bathroom.
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When I’m on stage I feel at home
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Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.
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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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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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Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
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I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
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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’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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Music is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
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