I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old.
Billie HolidayThere's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up.
Billie HolidayThem that's got shall get, Them that's not shall lose. So the Bible says, And it still is news. Mama may have, Papa may have, But God bless the child that's got his own.
Billie HolidayI think I copied my style from Louis Armstrong. Because I used to like the big volume and the big sound that Bessie Smith got when she sang ... So I liked the feeling that Louis got and I wanted the big volume that Bessie Smith got. But I found that it didn't work with me, because I didn't have a big voice. So anyway between the two of them I sorta got Billie Holiday.
Billie Holiday