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Just don't give up trying to ...

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do.

Ella Fitzgerald 67 quotes

[On bebop years] All I did wa...

[On bebop years] All I did was sing 'How High the Moon.' It seemed like the only song I ever sang.

Ella Fitzgerald 67 quotes

I know I'm no glamour girl, a...

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.

Ella Fitzgerald 67 quotes

Ella knows her way around her...

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 Fitzgerald 67 quotes

Music is the universal langua...

Music is the universal language ... it brings people closer together.

Ella Fitzgerald 67 quotes

Once, when we were playing at...

Once, when we were playing at the Apollo Theater, Holiday was working a block away at the Harlem Opera House. Some of us went over between shows to catch her, and afterwards we went backstage. I did something then, and I still don't know if it was the right thing to do—I asked her for her autograph.

Ella Fitzgerald 67 quotes

Blue skies Smiling at me ...

Blue skies Smiling at me Nothing but blue skies Do I see

Ella Fitzgerald 67 quotes

Every time I look down on thi...

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.

Ella Fitzgerald 67 quotes

I used to be very self-consci...

I used to be very self-conscious. I used to wish I was pretty. My cousin Georgia always taught me that if you smile, people will like you. Sometimes people will say something you don't like, and you get angry a bit, but you just smile. You let it go by, even if you really would like to choke 'em. By smiling, I think I've made more friends than if I was the other way.

Ella Fitzgerald 67 quotes

Coming through the years, and...

Coming through the years, and finding that I not only have just the fans of my day, but the young ones of today - that's what it means, it means it was worth all of it.

Ella Fitzgerald 67 quotes

I guess what everyone wants m...

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.

Ella Fitzgerald 67 quotes

The fabulous places I've been...

The fabulous places I've been, wonderful things that've happened, great people I've met ought to make a story.

Ella Fitzgerald 67 quotes

Some kids in Italy call me 'M...

Some kids in Italy call me 'Mama Jazz; I thought that was so cute. As long as they don't call me 'Grandma Jazz.'

Ella Fitzgerald 67 quotes

Nobody else even approaches t...

Nobody else even approaches the trumpet like [Sweets Edison] does: Never too much and always plenty. He's the greatest trumpet player to play along with singers. He exactly knows how to play with you, how to answer you about what you just sang ... On top of that, he has some great sense of humor, both as a musician and as a man. Every time I see him, I'm laughing so much. Sweets is impeccable and incomparable.

Ella Fitzgerald 67 quotes

Sometimes when we're flying o...

Sometimes when we're flying or in the hotel, I might run over songs, or in the bathroom.

Ella Fitzgerald 67 quotes

A lot of singers think all th...

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.

Ella Fitzgerald 67 quotes

Everybody wants to know about...

Everybody wants to know about my style and how it came about. It's no big secret. It's the way I feel.

Ella Fitzgerald 67 quotes

I stole everything I ever hea...

I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.

Ella Fitzgerald 67 quotes

I'm very shy, and I shy away ...

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.

Ella Fitzgerald 67 quotes

The only thing better than si...

The only thing better than singing is more singing.

Ella Fitzgerald 67 quotes

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