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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She 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.
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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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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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Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
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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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Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.
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I think I do better when I sing.
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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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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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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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The only thing better than singing is more singing.
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You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
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It isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
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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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Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.
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