"I once had a drink with Billie Holiday, and I smoked a joint with Louis Armstrong. Those are my real claims to fame."
— Billie Holiday

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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John Chamberlain Art Is the Highest Form of Hope & Other Quotes by Artists, London: Phaidon (2016), p 144