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

Ella knows her way around her voice as very few people today. But there are times when she seems to be unaware there are things the human voice just doesn't do. She does them.

The fabulous places I've been, wonderful things that've happened, great people I've met ought to make a story.

A lot of singers think all they have to do is exercise their tonsils to get ahead. They refuse to look for new ideas and new outlets, so they fall by the wayside... I'm going to try to find out the new ideas before the others do.

It isn't where you came from, its where you're going that counts.

Listen to her voice, don't look at her.

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