Billie Holiday Quotes about Singing

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The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can't sing.

Music, Feelings, Singing

Billie Holiday, William Dufty (2011). “Lady Sings the Blues: The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography”, p.163, Broadway Books

I don't think I'm singing. I feel like I'm playing a horn...What comes out is what I feel.

Thinking, Singing, Horns

I can only sing songs my way. I don't know any other way.

Song, Singing, Way

When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.

Play, Singing, Jazz