Ella Fitzgerald Quotes
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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
Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
— Ella Fitzgerald
Did I do all right?
— Ella Fitzgerald
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
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