You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave.

Quote by Billie Holiday

Topics: Billie Holiday Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

Singing songs like 'The Man I Love' or 'Porgy' is no more work than sitting...

Singing songs like 'The Man I Love' or 'Porgy' is no more work than sitting...

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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 like an eternal flame, once it is lit, it will continue to burn...

Love is like an eternal flame, once it is lit, it will continue to burn...

luv he dat lovz u...coz u dont know wer d breeze of luv can take...

luv he dat lovz u...coz u dont know wer d breeze of luv can take...

The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain.

The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain.