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Billie Holiday Quotes: People don't understand the kind of fight it takes to record what you want to record the way you want to record it.
         

People don't understand the kind of fight it takes to record what you want to record the way you want to record it.


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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.

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.



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

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



The difficult I'll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.

The difficult I'll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.



You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.

You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.



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

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



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.



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.



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.



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.





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Your first and foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy and then help to orchestrate the energy of those around you.

Your first and foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy and then help to orchestrate the energy of those around you.




To Ryuji the smile seemed as brittle as fine glass crystal and very dangerous

To Ryuji the smile seemed as brittle as fine glass crystal and very dangerous



Resisting the powers that be, we are keeping things from getting worse than they otherwise might be. And that effort is very much worthwhile.

Resisting the powers that be, we are keeping things from getting worse than they otherwise might be. And that effort is very much worthwhile.



There was no particular point at which I stopped being promising.

There was no particular point at which I stopped being promising.



If you finish like a photograph, on the other hand, the picture has as much personality as a photograph.

If you finish like a photograph, on the other hand, the picture has as much personality as a photograph.



I'm surprized Hitler didn't round up the toupee people.

I'm surprized Hitler didn't round up the toupee people.



I love Hershey's chocolate. I feel the same about chocolate as I do about wine. Connoisseurs like dark chocolate and they like nasty wine that doesn't taste good to me. I don't get it!

I love Hershey's chocolate. I feel the same about chocolate as I do about wine. Connoisseurs like dark chocolate and they like nasty wine that doesn't taste good to me. I don't get it!



I learned: the first lesson of my life: nobody can face the world with his eyes open all the time.

I learned: the first lesson of my life: nobody can face the world with his eyes open all the time.



When I saw houses in Palmdale going for $500K, I knew something was wrong. If you got foreclosed, I don't feel sorry for you!

When I saw houses in Palmdale going for $500K, I knew something was wrong. If you got foreclosed, I don't feel sorry for you!




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