The fabulous places I’ve been, wonderful things that’ve happened, great people I’ve met ought to make a story.
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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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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I think I do better when I sing.
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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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It isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
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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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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.
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Music is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
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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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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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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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Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want 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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Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
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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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