What Everyone Wants More Than Anything Else

You Take Romance - I'll Take Jell-o.

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.

I Used To Be Very Self-conscious. I Used To Wish I Was Pretty. My Cousin Georgia Always Taught Me That If You Smile, People Will Like You. Sometimes People Will Say Something You Don't Like, And You Get Angry A Bit, But You Just Smile. You Let It Go By, Even If You Really Would Like To Choke 'em. By Smiling, I Think I've Made More Friends Than If I Was The Other Way.

Some Kids In Italy Call Me 'mama Jazz; I Thought That Was So Cute. As Long As They Don't Call Me 'grandma Jazz.'

I'm Very Shy, And I Shy Away From People. But The Moment I Hit The Stage, It's A Different Feeling I Get Nerve From Somewhere; Maybe It's Because It's Something I Love To Do.