Billie Holiday — "It's like a disease. You can't get rid of it. You just have to live with it. And…"
It's like a disease. You can't get rid of it. You just have to live with it. And it's like, I don't know, it's like a habit. You can't break it.
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Referring to her drug addiction, 'Lady Sings the Blues' (autobiography)
Date: 1956
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