“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 music.” PeopleIfsWayMeanTwoRealFeelingsEarthCopiesReal Feelings Book:Lady Sings the Blues: The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography Source: Lady Sings the Blues: The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography
“I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession. If you can, then it ain't music, it's close order drill, or exercise or yodeling or something, not music.” IfsWayI CanTwoNightSongOrderLibertyExerciseSingingJazzSuccessionDrillsSinging SongsYodeling Author:Billie Holiday
“I joined Count Basie's band to make a little money and to see the world. For two years I didn't see anything but the inside of a Blue Goose bus, and I never got to send home a quarter.” WorldYearsLittlesTwoHomeBandBlueJazzTwo YearsBusQuartersGeeseLittle Money Book:Lady Sings the Blues: The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography Source: Lady Sings the Blues: The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography
“I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years.” WayYearsI CanTwoNightSongTenSingingTwo YearsSuccessionSinging SongsYodeling Author:Billie Holiday
“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.” ThinkingTwoFeelingsBigsWantedUsedFoundSoundVoiceStyleHolidayVolumeArmstrong Author:Billie Holiday
