When you're poor and black, you're born into a world that turns your heart into a tin can and anyone who is in the mood swings out and kicks you. You're only a hunk, a black creature in a white world that thinks you're just a skin without a soul.
Jazz vocalist
From 'Billie Holiday: The Last Interview And Other Conversations', reflecting on her life
Late 1950s (close to her death)
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"I sing the way I feel."
Controversial"I never had a lesson in my life. I never learned to read music. I can't read music. I play by ear, and I sing by ear."
Humorous"It's like being a hooker. You stand there and you sing, and then you get paid. That's all it is."
Controversial"I'm not a politician. I'm a singer."
Strange & Unusual"I don't think I'm singing. I feel like I'm playing a horn. I try to get the sound of a horn."
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