Billie Holiday

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

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

If I don’t have friends, then I ain’t got nothing.

You can’t copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you’re working without any real feeling.

When you sing, always tell the truth.

Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what’s more than enough.

I’ve seen the photos of me and Flo Rida. It doesn’t matter how we met. We met. I don’t want to say that we’re a couple. I can definitely say that he’s somebody in my life, and I’m definitely interested but I’m not serious with anybody.

I have so much to talk about. I have so much to share. There are so many different emotions going on inside of me right now.

I’ve sort of heard that “it” girl thing, but not really. Hearing it from a few people doesn’t solidify it in my mind and I wouldn’t know how to solidify that title. It’s so elusive and what does it mean, I don’t know?

I don’t look at negative comments because my parents and family don’t let me. My big sister controls my Instagram, and my big brother controls my Twitter. I also don’t really Google myself or anything like that.

You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.

[on Popeye] If you watch it backwards, it has a plot.

Even when you know you want to do something, know that it will be good for you, that you’ll enjoy [performing] when you’re doing it, the anxiety is telling you a different story. It’s a constant battle within yourself.

I’d make a better U.S. President than George W. Bush. Bush is an idiot. I’m a better public speaker than him. It makes you wonder about the voters.

There is no doubt about precisely when folks began racing each other in automobiles. It was the day they built the second automobile.

Well, for the My Generation album, there was nothing to be nervous about in them days. We used to take every day as it came. Every day was just a gig and I think we did the recording between gigs literally.

Touring is tough. You’re almost in a haze because you don’t really know where you are half the time: You’re in a hotel room one moment, and the next thing you know, you’re onstage performing for 60,000 people, then you’re back on an airplane. It’s very hectic and I couldn’t do it without my family.

The second I met Zac Efron I thought he was a really cool guy. It’s hard not to have chemistry with someone who is quite attractive.

When I go to see Iron Man 3, I’m not as enthralled as I was when I saw The Bridge on the River Kwai.

I’ve just got to get that album out. I have to get it out, if it’s the last thing I do.

In Washington, officials from the National Rifle Association met with a group of high school students. There were no survivors.