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title: "2 Stand Sing Quotes By Billie Holiday"
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> [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/)

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> [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.](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/)

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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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