Quotes by Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

[On bebop years] All I did was sing ‘How High the Moon.’ It seemed like the only song I ever sang.

Moon

Song

Years

A lot of singers think all they have to do is exercise their tonsils to get ahead. They refuse to look for new ideas and new outlets, so they fall by the wayside… I’m going to try to find out the new ideas before the others do.

Exercise

Fall

Thinking

Blue skies Smiling at me Nothing but blue skies Do I see

Blue

Blue Sky

Sky

Coming through the years, and finding that I not only have just the fans of my day, but the young ones of today – that’s what it means, it means it was worth all of it.

Fans

Mean

Years

Ella knows her way around her voice as very few people today. But there are times when she seems to be unaware there are things the human voice just doesn’t do. She does them.

Doe

People

Voice

Every time I look down on this timeless town, whether blue or gray be her skies, whether loud be her cheers, or whether soft be her tears, more and more do I realize that…I love Paris.

Blue

Cheer

Sky

Everybody wants to know about my style and how it came about. It’s no big secret. It’s the way I feel.

Music

Secret

Style

I don’t want to say the wrong thing, which I always do. I think I do better when I sing.

Thinking

Want

Wrong Things

I guess what everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. And to know that you loved me for my singing is too much for me. Forgive me if I don’t have all the words. Maybe I can sing it and you’ll understand.

Forgive Me

Forgiving

Love

I know I’m no glamour girl, and it’s not easy for me to get up in front of a crowd of people. It used to bother me a lot, but now I’ve got it figured out that God gave me this talent to use, so I just stand there and sing.

Girl

Music

People

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Blue Sky

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Fall

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Feels

Female

Flying

Food

Forgive Me

Forgiving

Girl

Giving Up

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Holiday

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Horns

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House

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Moon

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Quotes by Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

[On bebop years] All I did was sing ‘How High the Moon.’ It seemed like the only song I ever sang.

A lot of singers think all they have to do is exercise their tonsils to get ahead. They refuse to look for new ideas and new outlets, so they fall by the wayside… I’m going to try to find out the new ideas before the others do.

Blue skies Smiling at me Nothing but blue skies Do I see

Coming through the years, and finding that I not only have just the fans of my day, but the young ones of today – that’s what it means, it means it was worth all of it.

Ella knows her way around her voice as very few people today. But there are times when she seems to be unaware there are things the human voice just doesn’t do. She does them.

Every time I look down on this timeless town, whether blue or gray be her skies, whether loud be her cheers, or whether soft be her tears, more and more do I realize that…I love Paris.

Everybody wants to know about my style and how it came about. It’s no big secret. It’s the way I feel.

I don’t want to say the wrong thing, which I always do. I think I do better when I sing.

I guess what everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. And to know that you loved me for my singing is too much for me. Forgive me if I don’t have all the words. Maybe I can sing it and you’ll understand.

I know I’m no glamour girl, and it’s not easy for me to get up in front of a crowd of people. It used to bother me a lot, but now I’ve got it figured out that God gave me this talent to use, so I just stand there and sing.

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