Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.
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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When we were at the Apollo, Holiday was a block away. I asked her for her autograph.
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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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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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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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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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Music is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
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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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You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
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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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I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
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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 think I do better when I sing.
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