Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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I think I copied my style from Louis Armstrong. Because I used to like the big volume and the big sound that Bessie Smith got when she sang ... So I liked the feeling that Louis got and I wanted the big volume that Bessie Smith got. But I found that it didn't work with me, because I didn't have a big voice. So anyway between the two of them I sorta got Billie Holiday.

Billie Holiday's Popular Quotes

If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't mus…

- Billie Holiday

The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can't sing.

- Billie Holiday

You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.

- Billie Holiday

When you sing, always tell the truth.

- Billie Holiday

Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.

- Billie Holiday

Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walking in the rain.

- Billie Holiday

The difficult I'll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.

- Billie Holiday

God has blessed you when he lets you believe in somebody.

- Billie Holiday

If nobody can learn from the past, then there's no point in raking it up.

- Billie Holiday