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Billie Holiday Quotes: If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.
         

If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.


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If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music.



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Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.



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I don't think I'm singing. I feel like I'm playing a horn...What comes out is what I feel.



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Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walking in the rain.



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



Dope never helped anybody sing better or play music better or do anything better. All dope can do for you is kill you - and kill you the long, slow, hard way.

Dope never helped anybody sing better or play music better or do anything better. All dope can do for you is kill you - and kill you the long, slow, hard way.



I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession. If you can, then it ain't music, it's close order drill, or exercise or yodeling or something, not music.

I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession. If you can, then it ain't music, it's close order drill, or exercise or yodeling or something, not music.



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