Listen To Her Voice, Don't Look At

Once, When We Were Playing At The Apollo Theater, Holiday Was Working A Block Away At The Harlem Opera House. Some Of Us Went Over Between Shows To Catch Her, And Afterwards We Went Backstage. I Did Something Then, And I Still Don't Know If It Was The Right Thing To Do—i Asked Her For Her Autograph.

When We Were At The Apollo, Holiday Was A Block Away. I Asked Her For Her Autograph.

Nobody Else Even Approaches The Trumpet Like [sweets Edison] Does: Never Too Much And Always Plenty. He's The Greatest Trumpet Player To Play Along With Singers. He Exactly Knows How To Play With You, How To Answer You About What You Just Sang ... On Top Of That, He Has Some Great Sense Of Humor, Both As A Musician And As A Man. Every Time I See Him, I'm Laughing So Much. Sweets Is Impeccable And Incomparable.

She Is Amazingly Creative, Bringing So Much More To A Song Than Just A Singer. She Is A First-class Musician And The Most Gracious Person In The World.

[on Bebop Years] All I Did Was Sing 'how High The Moon.' It Seemed Like The Only Song I Ever Sang.