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.
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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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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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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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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Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.
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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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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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What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.
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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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The only thing better than singing is more singing.
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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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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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When I’m on stage I feel at home
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