"Some kids in Italy call me 'Mama Jazz;……" — Ella Fitzgerald
"Some kids in Italy call me 'Mama Jazz; I thought that was so cute. As long as they don't call me 'Grandma Jazz.'"
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43 Quotes by Ella Fitzgerald
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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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A lot of singers think all they have to do is exercise their tonsils to get ahead. They refuse to…
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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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