Billy Strayhorn Quotes
- A Train was born without any effort - if was like writing a letter to a friend.
- I think everything should happen at halfway to dawn. That's when all the heads of government should meet. I think everybody would fall in love.
- Love or not, I wouldn't subject a wife to the road. It's punishment.
- In order to play and write, it's unique - you either do one or the other.
- My grandmother played the piano, and I used to toddle over there and pick out little things that sounded good to me.
- Romance is mush, stifling those who strive.
- If you want something hard enough, it just gets done.
- I'm not fit company for man or beast.
- All music is beautiful.
- I'll live a lush life in some small dive.
- Ever up and onward.
- You're in a mess, and in excess.