Author: 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

No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music.

No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music.

- Billie Holiday

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

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

They think they can make fuel from horse manure - now, I don't know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it's sure gonna put a stop to siphoning.

They think they can make fuel from horse manure - now, I don't know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it's sure gonna put a stop to siphoning.

- Billie Holiday

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

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

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

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

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

- Billie Holiday

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