The only thing better than singing is more singing.
Music is the universal language ... it brings people closer together.
Everybody wants to know about my style and how it came about. It's no big secret. It's the way I feel.
I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
The fabulous places I've been, wonderful things that've happened, great people I've met ought to make a story.
I know I'm no glamour girl, and it's not easy for me to get up in front of a crowd of people. It used to bother me a lot, but now I've got it figured out that God gave me this talent to use, so I just stand there and sing.
When we were at the Apollo, Holiday was a block away. I asked her for her autograph.
