Ella Fitzgerald Video

Don't be afraid to see what you see.

All music is folk music, I ain't never heard no horse sing a song.

What is your fortune, my pretty maid? My face is my fortune, Sir, she said.

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

I like to sing ballads the way Eddie Fisher does and the way Perry Como does. But the way I'm singing now is what makes the money.

Live every day like it's your last.

The Apartment

If you feel like lovin' me if you've got the notion I second that emotion.

I believe the sign of maturity is accepting deferred gratification.

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

When Jerry Lewis and I were big, we used to go to parties, and everybody thought I was big-headed and stuck up, and I wasn't. It was because I didn't know how to speak good English, so I used to keep my mouth shut.

If I weren't reasonably placid, I don't think I could cope with this sort of life. To be a diva, you've got to be absolutely like a horse.

Sometimes I would rather that people take away years from my life Than take away a moment.

You may not be able to leave your children a great inheritance, but day by day, you may be weaving coats for them which they will wear for all eternity.

Why should I limit myself to only one woman when I can have as many women as I want?

Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.

"You wait and you wait for somethin' big to happen... and then you find out you gon' die.

You have to erect a fence and say, Okay, scale this.

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.