A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.

— Billie Holiday

Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walking in the rain.

— Billie Holiday

Dope never helped anybody sing better or play music better or do anything better. All dope can do for you is kill you - and kill you the long, slow, hard way. And it can kill the people you love right along with you.

— Billie Holiday

If I don't have friends then I ain't nothing.

— Billie Holiday

If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.

— Billie Holiday

I'm always making a comeback, but nobody ever tells me where I've been.

— Billie Holiday

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old.

— Billie Holiday

I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own.

— Billie Holiday

In this country, don’t forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There’s no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it’s the worst kind of hell for those who love you.

— Billie Holiday

Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.

— Billie Holiday