I guess what everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. And to know that you loved me for my singing is too much for me. Forgive me if I ….

Listen to her voice, don't look at her..

Blue skies Smiling at me Nothing but blue skies Do I see.

It isn't where you came from, its where you're going that counts..

Music is the universal language ... it brings people closer together..

A lot of singers think all they have to do is exercise their tonsils to get ahead. They refuse to look for new ideas and new outlets, so they fall by….

I've had some wonderful love affairs and some that didn't work out. I don't want to dwell on that and I don't want to put people down, but I think al….

You take romance - I'll take Jell-O..

The only thing better than singing is more singing..

I don't want to say the wrong thing, which I always do. I think I do better when I sing..

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong..

I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt … she personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do ….

I used to be very self-conscious. I used to wish I was pretty. My cousin Georgia always taught me that if you smile, people will like you. Sometimes ….

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do..

Everybody wants to know about my style and how it came about. It's no big secret. It's the way I feel..

What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved..

Once, when we were playing at the Apollo Theater, Holiday was working a block away at the Harlem Opera House. Some of us went over between shows to c….

The fabulous places I've been, wonderful things that've happened, great people I've met ought to make a story..

Nobody else even approaches the trumpet like [Sweets Edison] does: Never too much and always plenty. He's the greatest trumpet player to play along w….

I know I'm no glamour girl, and it's not easy for me to get up in front of a crowd of people. It used to bother me a lot, but now I've got it figured….

I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns..