Billie Holiday Quotes and Sayings
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“Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.”
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“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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“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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“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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“I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been.”
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“I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own.”
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“Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walking in the rain.”
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“Dope never helped anybody sing better or play music better or do anything better. All dope can do for you is kill you - and kill you the long, slow, hard way.”
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“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