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

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

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

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...

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...

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 I don't have friends, then I ain't got nothing.

If I don't have friends, then I ain't got nothing.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

(History is) not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul

(History is) not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul

Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has...

Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has...

Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.

Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.

Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the...

Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the...

Every problem is a gift...without problems we would not grow.

Every problem is a gift...without problems we would not grow.