When I’m on stage I feel at home
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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The only thing better than singing is more singing.
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I think I do better when I sing.
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I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
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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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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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Sometimes when we’re flying or in the hotel, I might run over songs, or in the bathroom.
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You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
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Music is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
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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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Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.
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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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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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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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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.
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