Bessie Smith

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No time to marry, no time to settle down; I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin' around.
- Bessie Smith
Collection: Time
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It's a long old road, but I know I'm gonna find the end.
- Bessie Smith
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I ain't good-lookin', but I'm somebody's angel child.
- Bessie Smith
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I don't want no drummer. I set the tempo.
- Bessie Smith
Collection: Want
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The Greatest Blues Singer in the World Will Never Stop Singing.
- Bessie Smith
Collection: Tombstone
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Listen to my story and everything will come out true
- Bessie Smith
Collection: Truth
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There's nineteen men livin' in my neighborhood, Eighteen of them are fools and the one ain't no doggone good.
- Bessie Smith
Collection: Men
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I need a little sugar in my bowl and a little hot dog in my roll.
- Bessie Smith
Collection: Sexy
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When my bed is empty, Makes me feel awful mean and blue. My springs are getting rusty, Living single like I do.
- Bessie Smith
Collection: Life