Billie Holiday: Quotes about love

Billie Holiday was American jazz singer and songwriter. Explore interesting quotes on love.
Billie Holiday: 52   quotes 25   likes

“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
Love , Life

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

Billie Holiday
Love

“Lord I love my man, tell the world I do
I love my man, tell the world I do
But when he mistreats me
Makes me feel so blue.”

Billie Holiday

Billie's Blues

Love , World , Feeling

“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 book Lady Sings the Blues

Source: Lady Sings the Blues (1956), Ch. 24.

Love , Hell , Country , Forgetting

“Who love my man, I'm a liar if I say I don't
But I'll quit my man, I'm a liar if I say I wont.”

Billie Holiday

Billie's Blues

Love

“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.

Love , Hunger , Singing