"If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music."
About the author
Billie Holiday
Singer
Billie Holiday was a pioneering jazz singer known for her emotive voice and poignant songs like 'Strange Fruit,' which addressed racial injustice.
All quotes by Billie Holiday →Same author
More quotes by Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
Singer
"Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough."
Billie Holiday
Singer
"The difficult I'll do right now. The impossible will take a little while."
Billie Holiday
Singer
"You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation."
Billie Holiday
Singer
"I don't think I'm singing. I feel like I'm playing a horn...What comes out is what I feel."
Billie Holiday
Singer
"Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walking in the rain."