Bessie Smith Quotations

I've been poor and I've been rich, and rich is better.

Listen to my story and everything will come out true

When my bed is empty, Makes me feel awful mean and blue. My springs are getting rusty, Living single like I do.

I need a little sugar in my bowl and a little hot dog in my roll.

I ain't good-lookin', but I'm somebody's angel child.

There's nineteen men livin' in my neighborhood, Eighteen of them are fools and the one ain't no doggone good.

No time to marry, no time to settle down; I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin' around.

The Greatest Blues Singer in the World Will Never Stop Singing.

I don't want no drummer. I set the tempo.

It's a long old road, but I know I'm gonna find the end.