Billie Holiday: Likeness

Billie Holiday was American jazz singer and songwriter. Explore interesting quotes on likeness.

Billie Holiday: 52 quotes25 likes

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

“Love is like a faucet: it turns on and off.”

“Some men like me talkin' happy
Some calls it snappy
Some call me honey
Others think I got money
Some tell me baby you're built for speed
Now if you put that all together
Makes me everything a good man needs.”

Billie's Blues

“I've been told that nobody sings the word "hunger" like I do. Or the word "love."”

Billie Holiday book Lady Sings the Blues

Source: Lady Sings the Blues (1956), Ch. 22.