When we were at the Apollo, Holiday was a block away. I asked her for her autograph.
ELLA FITZGERALDJust 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.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want 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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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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I think I do better when I sing.
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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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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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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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What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.
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The only thing better than singing is more singing.
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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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You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
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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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Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.
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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.
ELLA FITZGERALD