I can’t stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years… — Billie Holiday
I can’t stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years. If you can, then it ain’t music, it’s close-order drill or exercise or yodeling or something, not music.
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