I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
ELLA FITZGERALDShe 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.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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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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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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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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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 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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The only thing better than singing is more singing.
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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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Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.
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I think I do better when I sing.
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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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It isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
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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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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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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.
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