Amongst all of us who sing, she was the best." "She has been one of my all-time favorite singers for many years and still is - she's terrific." When she walks down the street, she leaves notes." "The best way to start any musical evening is with this girl. "Man, woman or child, Ella is the greatest of them all." "She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer." "Ella's voice becomes the orchestra's richest and most versatile sound." There was a quality to her voice that fascinated me, and I'd sing along with her, trying to catch the subtle ways she shaded her voice, the casual yet clean way she sang the words." "The one radio voice that I listened to above others belonged to Ella Fitzgerald. Maybe I can sing it and you'll understand." Quotes about Ella Fitzgerald
Forgive me if I don't have all the words. And to know that you loved me for my singing is too much for me. "I guess what everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." "Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. I did something then, and I still don't know if it was the right thing to do - I asked her for her autograph." Some of us went over between shows to catch her, and afterwards we went backstage. "Once, when we were playing at the Apollo, Holiday was working a block away at the Harlem Opera House. "The only thing better than singing is more singing." "Coming through the years, and finding that I not only have just the fans of my day, but the young ones of today - that's what it means, it means it was worth all of it." "It isn't where you came from, it's where you're going that counts."
"I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns." 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." "I know I'm no glamour girl, and it's not easy for me to get up in front of a crowd of people. I'm going to try to find out the new ideas before the others do." They refuse to look for new ideas and new outlets, so they fall by the wayside. "A lot of singers think all they have to do is exercise their tonsils to get ahead. well, you dream things like that, and that's what these are, you know-my day dreams." As long as they don't call me 'Grandma Jazz.'" "Some kids in Italy call me 'Mama Jazz I thought that was so cute. I don't want to dwell on that and I don't want to put people down, but I think all the fabulous places I've been, the wonderful things that have happened for me, the great people I've met - that ought to make a story." "I've had some wonderful love affairs and some that didn't work out.
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