Bessie Smith Quotes

I don't want no drummer. I set the tempo.

When my bed is empty, Makes me feel awful mean and blue. My springs are getting rusty, Living single like I do.

It's a long old road, but I know I'm gonna find the end.

It's a long road, but I know I'm gonna find the end.

There's nineteen men livin' in my neighborhood, Eighteen of them are fools and the one ain't no doggone good.

The Greatest Blues Singer in the World Will Never Stop Singing.

No time to marry, no time to settle down; I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin' around.

I need a little sugar in my bowl and a little hot dog in my roll.

Listen to my story and everything will come out true

I ain't good-lookin', but I'm somebody's angel child.