People don't understand the kind of fight it takes to record what you want to record the way you want to record it.

Quote by Billie Holiday

Topics: Billie Holiday Quotes

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

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

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...

If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. No two people on...

If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. No two people on...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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'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...

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...

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.

I can fake that smile you see on my face everyday, just so you think...

I can fake that smile you see on my face everyday, just so you think...

Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his...

Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his...