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Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday (1915-1959) was a US jazz and swing music singer. She was nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.

Wisdom & Quotes

  • 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.
- Lady Sings the Blues
  • 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.
- Lady Sings the Blues
  • Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.
- Lady Sings the Blues

Orson Welles

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