Anita O'Day Quotes & Sayings

When I'm singing, I'm happy. I'm doing what I can do and this is my contribution to life. — Anita O'Day

Every day I remind myself of all that I have been given ... With singing, you never know when you are going to lose the voice, and that makes you appreciate the time that you have when you are still singing well. I am always thanking God for another season, another month, another performance. — Anita O'Day

Just get up there and let it rip! — Anita O'Day

So, you play today! You don't worry about what's gone, 'cause that's already gone and you can't bring what's gone back. It doesn't happen that way. So, every day's a new day and just play it as it comes. And I turned out to be a singer that was not on dope. — Anita O'Day

I remember first seeing Barney Kessel, in the 1940s, standing on the corner of Hollywood and Vine, in his cowboy boots, sun glasses and hipster threads, holding his guitar case man, you just knew that cat could wail!' — Anita O'Day

The price of being a hip, swinging chick eventually had become too great to pay. — Anita O'Day