Mama may have, papa may have, But God bless the child that's got his own
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All dope can do for you is kill you... the long hard way. And it can kill the people you love right along with you.Billie Holiday
I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old.
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Terror runs for king I said. It is better to explore within. We were apes before we spoke of sin. The cosmos sits on the tip of a pin.
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Singing songs like 'The Man I Love' or 'Porgy' is no more work than sitting down and eating Chinese roast duck, and I love roast duck.
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If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.
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If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music.
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