I never hurt nobody but myself and thats nobodys business but my own. – Billie Holiday
Theres no damn business like show business – you have to smile to keep from throwing up. – Billie Holiday

I never hurt nobody but myself and thats nobodys business but my own. – Billie Holiday
Theres no damn business like show business – you have to smile to keep from throwing up. – Billie Holiday
You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation. – Billie Holiday
Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three. – Billie Holiday
In this business, my business, I get to meet all kinds of incredible people, fascinating people, glamorous people and sexy people and highly intellectual people. And you meet them and you go interesting, interesting, interesting. Theyre interesting, but not very many people stop you in your tracks. – Madonna Ciccone