Billie Holiday Quotes

In This Country Kings Or Dukes Don't Amount To Nothing. The Greatest Man Around Then Was Franklin D. Roosevelt, And He Was The President; So I Started Calling Lester The President. It Got Shortened To Pres.

I Can't Stand To Sing The Same Song The Same Way Two Nights In Succession, Let Alone Two Years Or Ten Years.

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.

When Lester Plays, He Almost Seems To Be Singing; One Can Almost Hear The Words.

I Never Sing A Song The Same Way Twice.

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.

The Only Reason They're Out There Is To See Me Fall Into The Damn Orchestra Pit.

I Hate Straight Singing. I Have To Change A Tune To My Own Way Of Doing It. That's All I Know.

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.

I Try To Improvise Like Les Young, Louis Armstrong Or Someone Else I Admire. What Comes Out Is What I Feel.

All Dope Can Do For You Is Kill You... The Long Hard Way. And It Can Kill The People You Love Right Along With You.

I've Been Told That Nobody Sings The Word 'hunger' Like I Do.