"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."
"God bless the child that's got his own."
Source: God Bless the Child (song) (1941).
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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.
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