You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave. Everything … - Billie Holiday

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You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave. Everything I am and everything I want out of life goes smack back to that.

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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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