I've had some wonderful love affairs and some that didn't work out. I don't want to dwell on that and I don't want to put people down, but I think all the fabulous places I've been, the wonderful things that… — Ella Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
The fabulous places I've been, wonderful things that've happened, great people I've met ought to make a story. — Ella Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
One of these mornings youre goin to rise up singing. Then youll spread your wings and youll take the sky. — Ella Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Ella knows her way around her voice as very few people today. But there are times when she seems to be unaware there are… — Ella Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Ome kids in Italy call me 'Mama Jazz; I thought that was so cute. As long as they don't call me 'Grandma Jazz. — Ella Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Music is the universal language ... it brings people closer together. — Ella Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I guess what everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. And to know that you loved me for my singing is… — Ella Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Won't you tell him please to put on some speed, follow my lead, oh how I need, someone to watch over me.” — Ella Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Once, when we were playing at the Apollo Theater, Holiday was working a block away at the Harlem Opera House. Some of us went… — Ella Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Nobody else even approaches the trumpet like [Sweets Edison] does: Never too much and always plenty. He's the greatest trumpet player to play along with singers. He exactly knows how to play with you, how to answer you about what you just sang ... On top of that, he has some great sense of humor, both as a musician and… — Ella Fitzgerald Copy Share
“I have been rich, and I have been poor. Believe me baby, rich is better!” — Ella Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
