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Ella Fitzgerald Quotes & Sayings

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I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald. — Lena Horne

She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer. — Ella Fitzgerald

Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better. — Ella Fitzgerald

I would say my greatest musical influences have been Ella Fitzgerald and Mary J. Blige. — Estelle

Did I do all right? — Ella Fitzgerald

Patsy Cline belongs shoulder-to-shoulder with Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald. — Elvis Costello

I also met, early on Ella Fitzgerald. Her songbooks are some of the most amazing bodies of work. — Johnny Mathis

If you want to learn how to sing, listen to Ella Fitzgerald. — Vincente Minnelli

One of my biggest musical influences is definitely Ella Fitzgerald as a vocalist. — Elle Varner

I would love to sing with Ella Fitzgerald. — Crystal Waters

The only thing better than singing is more singing. — Ella Fitzgerald

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong. — Ella Fitzgerald

I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era. — Bob Iger

When we were at the Apollo, Holiday was a block away. I asked her for her autograph. — Ella Fitzgerald

What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. — Ella Fitzgerald

I respected Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra. Those were my heroes, and they were 10 years older than I was. — Tony Bennett

I came from a family where my people didn't like rhythm and blues. Bing Crosby - "Pennies from Heaven" - Ella Fitzgerald, was all I heard. — Little Richard

I like singers like Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. — Andy Morris

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

I think I do better when I sing. — Ella Fitzgerald

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

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

It isn't where you came from; it's where you're going that counts. — Ella Fitzgerald

People like Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Marlene Dietrich and Sammy Davis Jr. all walked me down this path of entertainment. — Dionne Warwick

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

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

Music is the universal language ... it brings people closer together. — Ella Fitzgerald

I don't want to say the wrong thing, which I always do. I think I do better when I sing. — Ella Fitzgerald

Listen to her voice, don't look at her. — Ella Fitzgerald

I didn't really grow up on hip-hop. Ella Fitzgerald and the old school jazz divas are more my comfort zone. — Gugu Mbatha-Raw

I was raised in a mostly white neighborhood. I was this little white girl jamming out to Ella Fitzgerald and Bobby Brown. — Jojo

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

When I'm on stage I feel at home — Ella Fitzgerald

You take romance - I'll take Jell-O. — Ella Fitzgerald

No one in the world can beat Ella Fitzgerald as a riff singer. — Ethel Waters