Ella Fitzgerald Quotes

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.

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

It isn't where you came from, its where you're going that counts.

Music is the universal language ... it brings people closer together.

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

The only thing better than singing is more singing.

What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.

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

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do.

I'm very shy, and I shy away from people. But the moment I hit the stage, it's a different feeling I get nerve from somewhere; maybe it's because it's something I love to do.

You take romance - I'll take Jell-O.

Some kids in Italy call me 'Mama Jazz; I thought that was so cute. As long as they don't call me 'Grandma Jazz.'

When I'm on stage I feel at home

The fabulous places I've been, wonderful things that've happened, great people I've met ought to make a story.

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.

Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.

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

She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer.

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.

I think I do better when I sing.

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.

When we were at the Apollo, Holiday was a block away. I asked her for her autograph.

Listen to her voice, don't look at her.

She is amazingly creative, bringing so much more to a song than just a singer. She is a first-class musician and the most gracious person in the world.

Sometimes when we're flying or in the hotel, I might run over songs, or in the bathroom.

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.