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.
ELLA FITZGERALDSometimes when we’re flying or in the hotel, I might run over songs, or in the bathroom.
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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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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What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.
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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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You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
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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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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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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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Music is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
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I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
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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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Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.
ELLA FITZGERALD