Quotes of Billie Holiday - somelinesforyou

“ Sometimes it’s worse to win a fight than to lose. ”

- Billie Holiday

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

- Billie Holiday

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

- Billie Holiday

“ If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all. ”

- Billie Holiday

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

- 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

“ I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been. ”

- Billie Holiday

“ In this country, don't forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There's no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it's the worst kind of hell for those who love you. ”

- Billie Holiday

“ In this country, don't forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There's no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it's the worst kind of hell for those who love you. ”

- 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

“ If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all. ”

- Billie Holiday

“ If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you're out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung. If you think you need stuff to play music or sing, you're crazy. It can fix you so you can't play nothing or sing nothing. ”

- Billie Holiday

“ I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been. ”

- Billie Holiday

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

- Billie Holiday

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

- Billie Holiday

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

- Billie Holiday

“ If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all. ”

- Billie Holiday

“ Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three. ”

- Billie Holiday

“ I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years. If you can, then it ain't music, it's close-order drill or exercise or yodeling or something, not music. ”

- Billie Holiday

“ If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you're out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung. If you think you need stuff to play music or sing, you're crazy. It can fix you so you can't play nothing or sing nothing. ”

- Billie Holiday

“ If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you're out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung. If you think you need stuff to play music or sing, you're crazy. It can fix you so you can't play nothing or sing nothing. ”

- Billie Holiday

“ I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been. ”

- Billie Holiday

“ I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old. ”

- 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

“ 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. ”

- Billie Holiday

“ In this country, don't forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There's no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it's the worst kind of hell for those who love you. ”

- Billie Holiday

“ I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years. If you can, then it ain't music, it's close-order drill or exercise or yodeling or something, not music. ”

- 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

“ Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three. ”

- 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
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