When You Sing, Always Tell The Truth.

People Don't Understand The Kind Of Fight It Takes To Record What You Want To Record The Way You Want To Record It.

When You Sing, Always Tell The Truth.

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

If You Think Dope Is For Kicks And For Thrills, You're Out Of Your Mind. There Are More Kicks To Be Had In A Good Case Of Paralytic Polio Or By Living In An Iron Lung.

I Think I Copied My Style From Louis Armstrong. Because I Used To Like The Big Volume And The Big Sound That Bessie Smith Got When She Sang ... So I Liked The Feeling That Louis Got And I Wanted The Big Volume That Bessie Smith Got. But I Found That It Didn't Work With Me, Because I Didn't Have A Big Voice. So Anyway Between The Two Of Them I Sorta Got Billie Holiday.