“ Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three. Billie Holiday
“ I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old. Billie Holiday
“ They think they can make fuel from horse manure - now, I don't know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it's sure gonna put a stop to siphoning. Billie Holiday
“ There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up. Billie Holiday
“ No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music. Billie Holiday
“ Dope never helped anybody sing better or play music better or do anything better. All dope can do for you is kill you - and kill you the long, slow, hard way. And it can kill the people you love right… Billie Holiday
“ You can't copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music. Billie Holiday
“ 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… Billie Holiday
