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

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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.

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...

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'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...

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

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

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...

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...

I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of...

I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of...

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...

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.

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...

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'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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...