I can’t stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years. If you can, then it ain’t music, it’s cl… - Billie Holiday

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I can’t stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years. If you can, then it ain’t music, it’s close-order drill or exercise or yodeling or something, not music.

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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 Eleanora Harris Eleanora Gough
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