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Billie Holiday quotes: Don't be in such a hurry.

Don't be in such a hurry.

Billie Holiday quotes: When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.

When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.

Billie Holiday quotes: 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.

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

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

Billie Holiday quotes: And when you're poor, you grow up fast.

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

Billie Holiday quotes: Lust may be in the heart, though it be not seen by others; as guests may be in the house, though they look not out at the windows.

Lust may be in the heart, though it be not seen by others; as guests may be in the house, though they look not out at the windows.

Billie Holiday quotes: The blues to me is like being very sad, very sick, going to church, being very happy ... it's sort of a mixed up thing. You just have to feel

The blues to me is like being very sad, very sick, going to church, being very happy ... it's sort of a mixed up thing. You just have to feel it.

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

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

Billie Holiday quotes: Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walking in the rain.

Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walking in the rain.

Billie Holiday quotes: The difficult I'll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.

The difficult I'll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.

Billie Holiday quotes: If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.

If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.

Billie Holiday quotes: Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.

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

Billie Holiday quotes: I never sing a song the same way twice.

I never sing a song the same way twice.

Billie Holiday quotes: A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.

A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.

Billie Holiday quotes: I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old.

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old.

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

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

Billie Holiday quotes: When you sing, always tell the truth.

When you sing, always tell the truth.

Billie Holiday quotes: 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.

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

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

Billie Holiday quotes: I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own.

I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own.

Billie Holiday quotes: I can only sing songs my way. I don't know any other way.

I can only sing songs my way. I don't know any other way.

Billie Holiday quotes: One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.

One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.

Billie Holiday quotes: The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can't sing.

The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can't sing.

Billie Holiday quotes: The only reason they're out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.

The only reason they're out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.

Billie Holiday quotes: 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

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 quotes: I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been.

I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been.

Billie Holiday quotes: I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That's all I know.

I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That's all I know.

Billie Holiday quotes: New Orleans is the only city in the world you go in to buy a pair of nylon stockings they want to know your head size.

New Orleans is the only city in the world you go in to buy a pair of nylon stockings they want to know your head size.

Billie Holiday quotes: People don't understand the kind of fight it takes to record what you want to record the way you want to record it.

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 quotes: Love is like a faucet: it turns on and off.

Love is like a faucet: it turns on and off.

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

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

Billie Holiday quotes: If I don't have friends, then I ain't nothing.

If I don't have friends, then I ain't nothing.

Billie Holiday quotes: Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.

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

Billie Holiday quotes: Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three.

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three.

Billie Holiday quotes: If I don't have friends, then I ain't got nothing.

If I don't have friends, then I ain't got nothing.

Billie Holiday quotes: I've been told that nobody sings the word 'hunger' like I do.

I've been told that nobody sings the word 'hunger' like I do.