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.

Quote by Billie Holiday

Topics: Billie Holiday Quotes

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.

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...

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than...

Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than...

Marriage is the golden ring in a chain whose beginning is a glance and whose...

Marriage is the golden ring in a chain whose beginning is a glance and whose...