Music is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
ELLA FITZGERALDYou take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.
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It isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
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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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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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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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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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Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.
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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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Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
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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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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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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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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.
ELLA FITZGERALD