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title: "1 Blues Like Quotes By Billie Holiday"
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> [The blues to me is like being very sad, very sick, going to church, being very happy ... it's sort of a mixed up thing. You just have to feel it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-holiday/the-blues-to-me-is-like-being-very-sad-very-sick-going-to-church/)

[Billie Holiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-holiday/)

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## More by Billie Holiday

> [Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walking in the rain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-holiday/don-t-threaten-me-with-love-baby-let-s-just-go-walking-in-the-rain/)

[Billie Holiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-holiday/)

> [God bless the child that's got his own,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-holiday/god-bless-the-child-that-s-got-his-own/)

[Billie Holiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-holiday/)

> [I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-holiday/i-can-t-stand-to-sing-the-same-song-the-same-way-two-nights-in/)

[Billie Holiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-holiday/)

> [I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-holiday/i-never-had-a-chance-to-play-with-dolls-like-other-kids-i-started/)

[Billie Holiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-holiday/)

> [I try to improvise like Les Young, Louis Armstrong or someone else I admire. What comes out is what I feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-holiday/i-try-to-improvise-like-les-young-louis-armstrong-or-someone-else-i/)

[Billie Holiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-holiday/)

> [I can only sing songs my way. I don't know any other way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-holiday/i-can-only-sing-songs-my-way-i-don-t-know-any-other-way/)

[Billie Holiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-holiday/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-holiday/i-can-t-stand-to-sing-the-same-song-the-same-way-two-nights-in-2/)

[Billie Holiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-holiday/)

> [I never sing a song the same way twice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-holiday/i-never-sing-a-song-the-same-way-twice/)

[Billie Holiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-holiday/)

> [Money, you have lots of friends hanging round the door. When it's gone and the spending ends They don't come no more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-holiday/money-you-have-lots-of-friends-hanging-round-the-door-when-it-s-gone/)

[Billie Holiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-holiday/)

> [Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-holiday/love-is-like-a-faucet-it-turns-off-and-on/)

[Billie Holiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-holiday/)

> [I don't think I missed a single picture Billie Dove ever made. I was crazy for her. I tried to do my hair like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-holiday/i-don-t-think-i-missed-a-single-picture-billie-dove-ever-made-i-was/)

[Billie Holiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-holiday/)

> [God has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-holiday/god-has-blessed-you-when-he-lets-you-believe-in-somebody/)

[Billie Holiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-holiday/)

> [A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-holiday/a-kiss-that-is-never-tasted-is-forever-and-ever-wasted/)

[Billie Holiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-holiday/)

> [In this country kings or dukes don't amount to nothing. The greatest man around then was Franklin D. Roosevelt, and he was the President;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-holiday/in-this-country-kings-or-dukes-don-t-amount-to-nothing-the-greatest/)

[Billie Holiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-holiday/)

> [Don't be in such a hurry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-holiday/don-t-be-in-such-a-hurry/)

[Billie Holiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-holiday/)

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