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.

It isn’t where you came from, it’s where you’re going that counts.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

The only thing better than singing is more singing.

I used to be very self-conscious. I used to wish I was pretty. My cousin Georgia always taught me that if you smile, people will like you. Sometimes people will say something you don’t like, and you get angry a bit, but you just smile. You let it go by, even if you really would like to choke ’em. By smiling, I think I’ve made more friends than if I was the other way.

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

When I’m on stage I feel at home