American - Musician | April 7, 1915 - July 17, 1959
I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old.
Billie Holiday
ChancePlayNeverOldYearsStarted
They think they can make fuel from horse manure - now, I don't know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it's sure gonna put a stop to siphoning.
CarThinkHorseStopKnowNow
People don't understand the kind of fight it takes to record what you want to record the way you want to record it.
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I don't think I missed a single picture Billie Dove ever made. I was crazy for her. I tried to do my hair like her, and eventually, I borrowed her name.
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Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
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There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up.
SmileBusinessYouDamnUpKeep
One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
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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.
LifeLoveYouBodyDamnEat
Singing songs like 'The Man I Love' or 'Porgy' is no more work than sitting down and eating Chinese roast duck, and I love roast duck.
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Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three.
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