“There’s no damn business like show business – you have to smile to keep from throwing up.”
– Billie Holiday
“Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three.”
– Billie Holiday
“Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.”
– Billie Holiday
“Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.”
– Billie Holiday
“They think they can make fuel from horse manure – now, I don’t know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it’s sure gonna put a stop to siphoning.”
– Billie Holiday
“I never hurt nobody but myself and that’s nobody’s business but my own.”
– Billie Holiday