I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That's all I know. — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
People don't understand the kind of fight it takes to record what you want to record the way you want to record… — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years. — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to… — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
Dope never helped anybody sing better or play music better or do anything better. All dope can do for you is kill… — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession. If you can, then it ain't music,… — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
So I asked him to play "Trav'lin' All Alone." That came closer than anything to the way I felt. And some part… — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
I don't think I ever sing the same way twice. The blues is sort of a mixed-up thing. You just have to… — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
All dope can do for you is kill you... the long hard way. And it can kill the people you love right… — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music. — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walking in the rain. — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years. — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old. — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
I try to improvise like Les Young, Louis Armstrong or someone else I admire. What comes out is what I feel. — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
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… — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
Money, you have lots of friends hanging round the door. When it's gone and the spending ends They don't come no more. — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
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… — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
