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

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

Money, you have lots of friends hanging round the door. When it's gone and the...

Money, you have lots of friends hanging round the door. When it's gone and the...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

Love is all you need.

Love is all you need.

There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved: It is God's...

There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved: It is God's...

Love is a kind of military service

Love is a kind of military service