Billie Holiday

One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head. ”

No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music. ”

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three. ”

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old. ”

They think they can make fuel from horse manure - now, I don't know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it's sure gonna put a stop to siphoning. ”

You can't copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. ”

Singing songs like 'The Man I Love' or 'Porgy' is no more work than sitting down and eating Chinese roast duck, and I love roast duck. ”

Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on. ”

In this country, don't forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There's no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it's the worst kind of hell for those who love you. ”

Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walking in the rain. ”