Holiday, Billie quotes
1915-1959 American Jazz SingerIf 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.
Holiday, Billie
Drugs
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.
Holiday, Billie
Slavery
I m always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I ve been.
Holiday, Billie
Success
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.
Holiday, Billie
Song and Singing
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.
Holiday, Billie
Addiction