I think I do better when I sing.

Everybody wants to know about my style and how it came about. It's no big secret. It's the way I feel.

[On bebop years] All I did was sing 'How High the Moon.' It seemed like the only song I ever sang.

Every time I look down on this timeless town, whether blue or gray be her skies, whether loud be her cheers, or whether soft be her tears, more and more do I realize that...I love Paris.

The only thing better than singing is more singing.

What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.

When we were at the Apollo, Holiday was a block away. I asked her for her autograph.