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Somebody once said we never kn...

Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.

Billie Holiday 100 quotes

God has blessed you when he le...

God has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.

Billie Holiday 100 quotes

If nobody can learn from the p...

If nobody can learn from the past,
then there's no point in raking it up.

Billie Holiday 100 quotes

I don't think I ever sing the ...

I don't think I ever sing the same way twice. The blues is sort of a mixed-up thing. You just have to feel it. Anything I do sing is part of my life.

Billie Holiday 100 quotes

If you think dope is for kicks...

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 100 quotes

People don't understand the ki...

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 100 quotes

I can't stand to sing the same...

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 100 quotes

God bless the child that's got...

God bless the child that's got his own,

Billie Holiday 100 quotes

I think I copied my style from...

I think I copied my style from Louis Armstrong. Because I used to like the big volume and the big sound that Bessie Smith got when she sang ... So I liked the feeling that Louis got and I wanted the big volume that Bessie Smith got. But I found that it didn't work with me, because I didn't have a big voice. So anyway between the two of them I sorta got Billie Holiday.

Billie Holiday 100 quotes

I don't think I'm singing. I f...

I don't think I'm singing. I feel like I'm playing a horn...What comes out is what I feel.

Billie Holiday 100 quotes

I try to improvise like Les Yo...

I try to improvise like Les Young, Louis Armstrong or someone else I admire. What comes out is what I feel.

Billie Holiday 100 quotes

And when you're poor, you grow...

And when you're poor, you grow up fast.

Billie Holiday 100 quotes

You've got to have something t...

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 100 quotes

You can't copy anybody and end...

You can't copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling.

Billie Holiday 100 quotes

They think they can make fuel ...

They think they can make fuel from horse manure - now, I don't know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it's sure gonna put a stop to siphoning.

Billie Holiday 100 quotes

There's no damn business like ...

There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up.

Billie Holiday 100 quotes

Sometimes it's worse to win a ...

Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.

Billie Holiday 100 quotes

Somebody once said we never kn...

Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.

Billie Holiday 100 quotes

Singing songs like 'The Man I ...

Singing songs like 'The Man I Love' or 'Porgy' is no more work than sitting down and eating Chinese roast duck, and I love roast duck.

Billie Holiday 100 quotes

People don't understand the ki...

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 100 quotes

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