Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page Billie Holiday Quote “You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.” ~ Billie Holiday (1915-1959) American Jazz Singer Black , Civil Rights , Corruption , Economics , Freedom , Hypocrisy , Individual Rights , Liberty , NWO , Oppression , Police , Power , Racism , Security , Slavery , Tyranny , Usurpation Ratings and Comments Reply andi, bakersfield, ca 2/10/05 awesome! so true. Reply Mike, Norwalk 4/30/08 Welcome to Amerika. Reply jim k, austin,tx 4/30/08 And de plantation owners live in de big house in Washington,known as the U.S. congress. Reply The Real Me Again 4/30/08 Smile...Yes...interesting analogy. Reply J Carlton, Calgary 4/30/08 Once you understand the concept of "tax farmer's" you'll understand that the whole place is a plantation.... Reply RobertSRQ 4/30/08 Love it... and we are still slaves to the South Reply Bob, Eugene, OR 4/30/08 Sounds apocryphal. Maybe she should have gotten free of the heroin? Then she could have been her own woman. Reply E Archer, NYC 4/30/08 Ain't that the truth. Reply warren, olathe 4/30/08 All in the mindset. Reply Waffler, Smith, Arkansas 4/30/08 She was obviously and overworked non-union blues singer. Reply Waffler, Smith, Arkansas 4/30/08 Food for thought. Is Billie saying that slaves were sometimes just as free as people in other walks of life who suffered from there own brand of servitude? Is freedom a state of mind rather than of servitude? SaveOk2 SaveOk2 View CommentsClick to view or comment. Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print This Billie Holiday quote is found in these categories: Black quotes Civil Rights quotes Corruption quotes Economics quotes Freedom quotes Hypocrisy quotes Individual Rights quotes Liberty quotes NWO quotes Oppression quotes Police quotes Power quotes Racism quotes Security quotes Slavery quotes Tyranny quotes Usurpation quotes About Billie Holiday Bio of Billie Holiday Quotations by Billie Holiday Books by/about Billie Holiday Billie Holiday videos Billie Holiday on Wikipedia Astrological chart for Billie Holiday