Ella Fitzgerald Quotes

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• 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…
• Some kids in Italy call me 'Mama Jazz; I thought that was so cute. As long as they don't call me 'Grandma Jazz.'
• A lot of singers think all they have to do is exercise their tonsils to get ahead. They refuse to look for new ideas and…
• I know I'm no glamour girl, and it's not easy for me to get up in front of a crowd of people. It used to…
• 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…
• I guess what everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. And to know that you loved me for my singing is too…
• Listen to her voice, don't look at her.
• Ella knows her way around her voice as very few people today. But there are times when she seems to be unaware there are things…
• She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
• Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
• She is amazingly creative, bringing so much more to a song than just a singer. She is a first-class musician and the most gracious person…
• Sometimes when we're flying or in the hotel, I might run over songs, or in the bathroom.
• [On bebop years] All I did was sing 'How High the Moon.' It seemed like the only song I ever sang.
• I don't want to say the wrong thing, which I always do. I think I do better when I sing.
• Every time I look down on this timeless town, whether blue or gray be her skies, whether loud be her cheers, or whether soft be…
• What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.
• I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt … she personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and…
• When I'm on stage I feel at home
• I used to be very self-conscious. I used to wish I was pretty. My cousin Georgia always taught me that if you smile, people will…
• The only thing better than singing is more singing.

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