If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. No two people on Earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music.

Quote by Billie Holiday

Topics: Music Quotes

You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before...

You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before...

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was...

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was...

Singing songs like 'The Man I Love' or 'Porgy' is no more work than sitting...

Singing songs like 'The Man I Love' or 'Porgy' is no more work than sitting...

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working...

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working...

I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been.

I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been.

If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at...

If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at...

They think they can make fuel from horse manure - now, I don't know if...

They think they can make fuel from horse manure - now, I don't know if...

Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.

Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.

You can't copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you're working...

You can't copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you're working...

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

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

If I don't have friends, then I ain't got nothing.

If I don't have friends, then I ain't got nothing.

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

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...

No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in...

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working...

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working...

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was...

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was...

If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at...

If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at...

I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of...

I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of...

You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair...

You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair...

Just like you can buy grades of silk, you can buy grades of justice.

Just like you can buy grades of silk, you can buy grades of justice.

Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.

Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.