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

Quote by Billie Holiday

Topics: Billie Holiday Quotes

Dope never helped anybody sing better or play music better or do anything better. All...

Dope never helped anybody sing better or play music better or do anything better. All...

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

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

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.

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...

In this country, don't forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There's no solitary...

In this country, don't forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There's no solitary...

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...

All dope can do for you is kill you... the long hard way. And it...

All dope can do for you is kill you... the long hard way. And it...

I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own.

I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own.

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...

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...

A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.

A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.

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...

Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than...

Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than...

There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from...

There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from...

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.

I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own.

I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own.

In the end, it all comes down to the fact that I cared too much,...

In the end, it all comes down to the fact that I cared too much,...

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not...

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not...

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has...

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has...