Billie Holiday Quotes

You can't copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. - Billie Holiday

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. - Billie Holiday

Terror runs for king I said. It is better to explore within. We were apes before we spoke of sin. The cosmos sits on the tip of a pin. - Billie Holiday

Southern trees bear strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. - Billie Holiday

Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose. - Billie Holiday

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

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. - Billie Holiday

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