I've been told that nobody sings the word "hunger" like I do. Or the word "love." - Billie Holiday
" "I've been told that nobody sings the word "hunger" like I do. Or the word "love."
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About Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), born Eleanora Fagan Goughy, was an American jazz singer. Commonly known as Lady Day, her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.
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Birth Name:
Eleanora Fagan
Also Known As:
Lady Day
Alternative Names:
Eleanora Fagan Gough
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Eleanora Harris
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Eleanora Gough
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Imagine if the government chased sick people with diabetes, put a tax on insulin and drove it into the black market, told doctors they couldn’t treat them, and then caught them, prosecuted them for not paying their taxes, and then sent them to jail. If we did that, everyone would know we were crazy. Yet we do practically the same thing every day in the week to sick people hooked on drugs. The jails are full and the problem is getting worse every day.
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