"A lot of singers think all they have……" — Ella Fitzgerald
"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 new outlets, so they fall by the wayside... I'm going to try to find out the new ideas before the others do."
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Ella Fitzgerald
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43 Quotes by Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald has 43 quotes on this site.
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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…
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Some kids in Italy call me 'Mama Jazz; I thought that was so cute. As long as they don't call…
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I know I'm no glamour girl, and it's not easy for me to get up in front of a crowd…
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Once, when we were playing at the Apollo Theater, Holiday was working a block away at the Harlem Opera House.…
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I guess what everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. And to know that you loved me…
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Listen to her voice, don't look at her.
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Ella knows her way around her voice as very few people today. But there are times when she seems to…
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She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.
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Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.
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She is amazingly creative, bringing so much more to a song than just a singer. She is a first-class musician…
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Sometimes when we're flying or in the hotel, I might run over songs, or in the bathroom.
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[On bebop years] All I did was sing 'How High the Moon.' It seemed like the only song I ever…
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