Billie Holiday
Singer
1915-04-07 – 1959-07-17
Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer recognized for her expressive vocal style and influential recordings. She became one of the most important vocalists in 20th-century popular music.
Quotes by Billie Holiday
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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. No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music.
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If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.
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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. No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music.
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If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.
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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.
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I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been.
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Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walking in the rain.
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There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up.
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Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
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No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music.
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A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.
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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.
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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.
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And when you're poor, you grow up fast.
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You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.
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Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.
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