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> [Once, when we were playing at the Apollo Theater, Holiday was working a block away at the Harlem Opera House. Some of us went over between shows to catch her, and afterwards we went backstage. I did something then, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-fitzgerald/once-when-we-were-playing-at-the-apollo-theater-holiday-was-working-a/)

[Ella Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-fitzgerald/)

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## More by Ella Fitzgerald

> [It isn't where you came from, its where you're going that counts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-fitzgerald/it-isn-t-where-you-came-from-its-where-you-re-going-that-counts/)

[Ella Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-fitzgerald/)

> [The fabulous places I've been, wonderful things that've happened, great people I've met ought to make a story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-fitzgerald/the-fabulous-places-i-ve-been-wonderful-things-that-ve-happened-great/)

[Ella Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-fitzgerald/)

> [One of these mornings youre goin to rise up singing. Then youll spread your wings and youll take the sky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-fitzgerald/one-of-these-mornings-youre-goin-to-rise-up-singing-then-youll-spread/)

[Ella Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-fitzgerald/)

> [Ella knows her way around her voice as very few people today. But there are times when she seems to be unaware there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-fitzgerald/ella-knows-her-way-around-her-voice-as-very-few-people-today-but/)

[Ella Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-fitzgerald/)

> [Ome kids in Italy call me 'Mama Jazz; I thought that was so cute. As long as they don't call me 'Grandma Jazz.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-fitzgerald/ome-kids-in-italy-call-me-mama-jazz-i-thought-that-was-so-cute-as/)

[Ella Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-fitzgerald/)

> [Music is the universal language ... it brings people closer together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-fitzgerald/music-is-the-universal-language-it-brings-people-closer-together/)

[Ella Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-fitzgerald/)

> [I will pour into that one note. All the love I feel for you...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-fitzgerald/i-will-pour-into-that-one-note-all-the-love-i-feel-for-you/)

[Ella Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-fitzgerald/)

> [I guess what everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. And to know that you loved me for my singing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-fitzgerald/i-guess-what-everyone-wants-more-than-anything-else-is-to-be-loved/)

[Ella Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-fitzgerald/)

> [“Won't you tell him please to put on some speed, follow my lead, oh how I need, someone to watch over me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-fitzgerald/won-t-you-tell-him-please-to-put-on-some-speed-follow-my-lead-oh-how/)

[Ella Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-fitzgerald/)

> [Once, when we were playing at the Apollo Theater, Holiday was working a block away at the Harlem Opera House. Some of us went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-fitzgerald/once-when-we-were-playing-at-the-apollo-theater-holiday-was-working-a/)

[Ella Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-fitzgerald/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-fitzgerald/nobody-else-even-approaches-the-trumpet-like-sweets-edison-does-never/)

[Ella Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-fitzgerald/)

> [“I have been rich, and I have been poor. Believe me baby, rich is better!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-fitzgerald/i-have-been-rich-and-i-have-been-poor-believe-me-baby-rich-is-better/)

[Ella Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-fitzgerald/)

> [Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-fitzgerald/just-don-t-give-up-trying-to-do-what-you-really-want-to-do-where/)

[Ella Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-fitzgerald/)

> [Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-fitzgerald/just-don-t-give-up-trying-to-do-what-you-really-want-to-do/)

[Ella Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-fitzgerald/)

> [I think I do better when I sing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-fitzgerald/i-think-i-do-better-when-i-sing/)

[Ella Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-fitzgerald/)

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