Famous quote by Billie Holiday

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If you copy, it means youre working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and its got to be that w

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"If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music"

- Billie Holiday

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This quote is written / told by Billie Holiday between April 7, 1915 and July 17, 1959. He/she was a famous Musician from USA. The author also have 23 other quotes.

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