Author: Billie Holiday

Quotes

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old.

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old.

- Billie Holiday

Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.

Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.

- 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

I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own.

I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own.

- 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

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

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

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

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

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