Sometimes when we’re flying or in the hotel, I might run over songs, or in the bathroom.
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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You take romance – I’ll take Jell-O.
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I’m very shy, and I shy away from people. But the moment I hit the stage, it’s a different feeling I get nerve from somewhere; maybe it’s because it’s something I love to do.
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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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It isn’t where you came from, its where you’re going that counts.
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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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The only thing better than singing is more singing.
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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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When I’m on stage I feel at home
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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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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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Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.
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What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.
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Music is the universal language. It brings people closer together.
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I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
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