Quote by Billie Holiday
Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He w

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

Other quotes by Billie Holiday

I cant 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 aint music, its close-order drill or exercise or yodeling or something, not music. – Billie Holiday

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Singing
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They think they can make fuel from horse manure – now, I dont know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but its sure gonna put a stop to siphoning. – Billie Holiday

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car
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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

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Black History
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My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job. – Ed Bradley

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My mom was a ventriloquist and she always was throwing her voice. For ten years I thought the dog was telling me to kill my father. – Wendy Liebman

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I was a single mom that raised two bright, beautiful, and compassionate girls. – Connie Stevens

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mom

I remember, my mom didnt have any help, so if she needed to be somewhere after school, wed just go down to the neighbors and shed give us a snack and make sure we did our homework. There werent any latchkey kids. – Jennifer Garner

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