Lady Sings the Blues (film) Quotes

Lady Sings the Blues (film) is a television show that first aired in 1970 . Lady Sings the Blues stopped airing in 1970.

It features Brad Dexter as producer, Gil Askey in charge of musical score, and John A. Alonzo as head of cinematography.

Lady Sings the Blues (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Lady Sings the Blues (film) is 144 minutes long. Lady Sings the Blues (film) is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: Billy Dee Williams as Louis McKay, Sid Melton as Jerry, Paulene Myers as Mrs. Edson, Richard Pryor as Piano Man, Diana Ross as Billie Holiday, and Harry Caesar as The Rapist.

Lady Sings the Blues (film) Quotes

Paulene Myers as Mrs. Edson

• (Paulene Myers) "Ain't it a shame how some of God's children have it so easy, while others have it so hard?"

Richard Pryor as Piano Man

• (Richard Pryor) "What she don't pick up from the top, she can pick up from the bottom."
• (Diana Ross) "I hope that works both ways."

Billy Dee Williams as Louis McKay

• (Billy Dee Williams) "I'm going out for a while. And when I come back, I don't want to find you here."

• (Billy Dee Williams) "You want my arm to fall off."

Harry Caesar as The Rapist

• (Harry Caesar) "I see what I want."
• (Harry Caesar) "And this is it."
• (Unnamed) "Well, you can't always get what you see."
• (Unnamed) "And since you don't want what you CAN get, you know where you can go. And this is it."

Diana Ross as Billie Holiday

• (Diana Ross) "Sure I've taken a few shots, but only when I needed it,"
• (Diana Ross) "but i'm not hooked, Louis. I'm not."
• (Billy Dee Williams) "Only when you needed it. What do you think hooked is? All I had to do is listen to your voice on the telephone and I knew. Who the hell do you think you're talking to? One of those old fake cats you be running around with? I've been on those streets all of my life. I know what that s*** is."
• (Diana Ross) "It's good, ain't it?"
• (Diana Ross) "Wait, Wait, Baby. Oh, no."
• (Billy Dee Williams) "We're going home. Now."
• (Diana Ross) "Wait, hey, baby, wait. See, you don't understand. Now, you don't know how it is when people are looking down at you and laughing at you and think that I'm a loser. And if I go home now, I'll think that I'm one, too. I gotta prove it to them. I gotta prove it to myself."
• (Billy Dee Williams) "What're you proving with that needle? That you're not woman enough to make it without a crutch? A magic way out when the going gets a little too rough? I want you to make it, too, baby. But not this way. Not this way."

• (Diana Ross) "How do you like your eggs?"

Sid Melton as Jerry

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