99 Quotes by Billie Holiday

New Orleans is the only city in the world you go in to buy a pair of nylon stockings they want to know your head size.

And when you're poor, you grow up fast.

Them that's got shall get, Them that's not shall lose. So the Bible says, And it still is news. Mama may have, Papa may have, But God bless the child that's got his own.

I never sing a song the same way twice.

Don't be in such a hurry.

If nobody can learn from the past, then there's no point in raking it up.

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.

When you sing, always tell the truth.

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