You can't copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling.

Quote by Billie Holiday

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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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 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'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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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'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...

Let every man judge according to his own standards, by what he has himself read,...

Let every man judge according to his own standards, by what he has himself read,...

I would much rather have regrets about not doing what people said, than regretting not...

I would much rather have regrets about not doing what people said, than regretting not...

There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.

There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.