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Billie Holiday Quotes

I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That’s all I know Picture Quote #1

I’m always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I’ve been Picture Quote #1

If you copy, it means you’re working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and it’s got to be that way in music or it isn’t music Picture Quote #1

In this country, don’t forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There’s no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it’s the worst kind of hell for those who love you Picture Quote #1

People don’t understand the kind of fight it takes to record what you want to record the way you want to record it Picture Quote #1

Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what’s more than enough Picture Quote #1

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You can’t copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you’re working without any real feeling Picture Quote #1

You’ve got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body’s sermon on how to behave Picture Quote #1

I can’t stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years Picture Quote #1

I can’t stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession. If you can, then it ain’t music, it’s close order drill, or exercise or yodeling or something, not music Picture Quote #1

The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can’t sing Picture Quote #1

The only reason they’re out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit Picture Quote #1

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If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you’re out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung Picture Quote #1

I don’t think I’m singing. I feel like I’m playing a horn... What comes out is what I feel Picture Quote #1

The blues to me is like being very sad, very sick, going to church, being very happy... it’s sort of a mixed up thing. You just have to feel it Picture Quote #1

Lust may be in the heart, though it be not seen by others; as guests may be in the house, though they look not out at the windows Picture Quote #1

I’ve been told that nobody sings the word hunger like I do. Or the word love Picture Quote #1

I was trying to do Billie Holiday, because she was the voice to be heard at that time Picture Quote #1

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I was a 12 year old kid in Northern Idaho listening to Billie Holiday and Lena Horne and Sarah Vaughan and Nat King Cole. This whole genre of music is a part of who I am Picture Quote #1

I know the history of the record business so well because I followed Billie Holiday into the record studios. It was so primitive compared to the sophisticated business today Picture Quote #1

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I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That’s all I know (Billie Holiday Quotes) I’m always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I’ve been (Billie Holiday Quotes) If you copy, it means you’re working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and it’s got to be that way in music or it isn’t music (Billie Holiday Quotes) In this country, don’t forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There’s no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it’s the worst kind of hell for those who love you (Billie Holiday Quotes) People don’t understand the kind of fight it takes to record what you want to record the way you want to record it (Billie Holiday Quotes) Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what’s more than enough (Billie Holiday Quotes) You can’t copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you’re working without any real feeling (Billie Holiday Quotes) You’ve got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body’s sermon on how to behave (Billie Holiday Quotes) I can’t stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years (Billie Holiday Quotes) I can’t stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession. If you can, then it ain’t music, it’s close order drill, or exercise or yodeling or something, not music (Billie Holiday Quotes) The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can’t sing (Billie Holiday Quotes) The only reason they’re out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit (Billie Holiday Quotes) If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you’re out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung (Billie Holiday Quotes) I don’t think I’m singing. I feel like I’m playing a horn... What comes out is what I feel (Billie Holiday Quotes) The blues to me is like being very sad, very sick, going to church, being very happy... it’s sort of a mixed up thing. You just have to feel it (Billie Holiday Quotes) Lust may be in the heart, though it be not seen by others; as guests may be in the house, though they look not out at the windows (Billie Holiday Quotes) I’ve been told that nobody sings the word hunger like I do. Or the word love (Billie Holiday Quotes) I was trying to do Billie Holiday, because she was the voice to be heard at that time (Billie Holiday Quotes) I was a 12 year old kid in Northern Idaho listening to Billie Holiday and Lena Horne and Sarah Vaughan and Nat King Cole. This whole genre of music is a part of who I am (Billie Holiday Quotes) I know the history of the record business so well because I followed Billie Holiday into the record studios. It was so primitive compared to the sophisticated business today (Billie Holiday Quotes)

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