Author: Billie Holiday

Quotes

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

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

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

- 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

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

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

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

Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.

Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.

- 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

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