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.
ELLA FITZGERALDI 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.
More Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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It isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
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What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.
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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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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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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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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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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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You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
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Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
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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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When we were at the Apollo, Holiday was a block away. I asked her for her autograph.
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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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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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