99 Quotes by Billie Holiday

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

In this country, don’t forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There’s no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it’s the worst kind of hell for those who love you.

You can't copy anybody and end with anything. 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.

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. And it can kill the people you love right along with you.

I'll be seeing youIn every lovely summer's dayIn everything that's light and gayI'll always think of you that wayI'll find you in the morning sunAnd when the night is newI'll be looking at the moonBut I'll be seeing you

I'll be seeing you in all the old familiar places that this heart of mine embraces all day through.

I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been.

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.

All dope can do for you is kill you... the long hard way. And it can kill the people you love right along with you.