Billie Holiday Pop musician
- Gender: Female
- Citizenship: United States
- Born: Apr 7, 1915
- Died: Jul 17, 1959
Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer, songwriter, and actress. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.
Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
love
There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up.
smile
I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own.
business
Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walking in the rain.
love
Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three.
motherhood