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Ella Fitzgerald Quotes

Total quotes: 22
“Summertime, and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma is good-lookin'
So hush little baby, Don't you cry”
— Ella Fitzgerald, Summertime
Tagged: Summertime, Summer
“Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do.”
— Ella Fitzgerald, Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing
Tagged: Inspirational, Don't Give Up
“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.”
— Ella Fitzgerald
Tagged: Singers, Exercise, Ideas, Outlet, New Ideas
“Now we're not afraid when storm clouds gather
'Cause we got the kind of love that'll see us through”
— Ella Fitzgerald, Smooth Sailing
Tagged: Courage, Love, Love Conquers
“Our love is as deep as the sea
Our love is as great as a love can be
And we can weather the great unknown
If we're alone together.”
— Ella Fitzgerald, Alone Together
Tagged: Love, Sea, Alone Together
“You're my funny valentine,
Sweet comic valentine,
You make me smile with my heart.
Your looks are laughable, un-photographable,
Yet, you're my favorite work of art.”
— Ella Fitzgerald, My Funny Valentine
Tagged: valentine, Sweetheart, Love, romance, Smile, heart, beauty, Art, Work of Art
“Oh, I'd love to climb a mountain
And reach the highest peak
But it doesn't thrill me half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek.”
— Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Cheek To Cheek
Tagged: Mountain Climbing, Peak, thrill, Dancing
“Alone together, beyond the crowd
Above the world, we're not too proud
To cling together; we're strong
As long as we're together”
— Ella Fitzgerald, Alone Together
Tagged: Alone Together, Love, Relationship
“Some kids in Italy call me 'Mama Jazz; I thought that was so cute. As long as they don't call me 'Grandma Jazz.”
— Ella Fitzgerald
Tagged: Jazz, Age, Old, mama, Grandma
“Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.”
— Ella Fitzgerald
Tagged: Love, inspiration, Doing What You Love, Dont Give Up
“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.”
— Ella Fitzgerald
Tagged: Love, To Be Loved By Someone, Singing, Understanding
“Words fail, to tell a tale
Too exotic to be told
Each night's a deeper night
In a world, ages old”
— Ella Fitzgerald, A Night In Tunisia
Tagged: Words, Tale, Storrytelling
“Dreaming that you're beside me
I picture the prettiest stories
Only to wake up
All by myself.”
— Ella Fitzgerald, Why Was I Born?
Tagged: Dreaming, Stories, Alone
“Heaven, I'm in heaven
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek.”
— Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Cheek To Cheek
Tagged: Heaven, Happiness, Heartbeat
“I didn't mean a word I said
And if I hurt you, I'm sorry
I didn't mean to lose my head
And if I made you cry, I'm sorry”
— Ella Fitzgerald, I Didn't Mean A Word I Said
Tagged: Words, hurt
“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”
— Ella Fitzgerald
Tagged: Womanhood, shyness, overcome, Glamour, strenght, Courage
“And when you say, you'll stay
That's when you go.”
— Ella Fitzgerald, Undecided
Tagged: Leaving, Heartbreak, Stay
“I've had some wonderful love affairs and some that didn't work out. I don't want to dwell on that and I don't want to put people down, but I think all the fabulous places I've been, the wonderful things that have happened for me, the great people I've met - that ought to make a story.”
— Ella Fitzgerald
Tagged: Love, Love Affair, Story, People
“It isn't where you came from, it's where you're going that counts.”
— Ella Fitzgerald
Tagged: Journey, Road To Success
“The only thing better than singing is more singing.”
— Ella Fitzgerald, quotes
Tagged: Singing, Feelings
“I sing like I feel.”
— Ella Fitzgerald
Tagged: Singing, Feelings
“When each weary day is through
How I long to be with you.”
— Ella Fitzgerald, My Happiness
Tagged: Longing, Weariness
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