Billy Strayhorn Quotes

All music is beautiful.
Billy Strayhorn

Music, Beautiful

I'll live a lush life in some small dive.
Billy Strayhorn

Life, Live, Small

A Train was born without any effort - if was like writing a letter to a friend.
Billy Strayhorn

Friend, Writing, Effort

Ever up and onward.
Billy Strayhorn

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.
Billy Strayhorn

Love, Government, Happen

I'm not fit company for man or beast.
Billy Strayhorn

Company, Beast, Fit

If you want something hard enough, it just gets done.
Billy Strayhorn

Hard, Done, Enough

In order to play and write, it's unique - you either do one or the other.
Billy Strayhorn

Play, Write, Unique

Love or not, I wouldn't subject a wife to the road. It's punishment.
Billy Strayhorn

Love, Wife, Road

My grandmother played the piano, and I used to toddle over there and pick out little things that sounded good to me.
Billy Strayhorn

Good, Used, Played

Romance is mush, stifling those who strive.
Billy Strayhorn

Romantic, Romance, Strive

You're in a mess, and in excess.
Billy Strayhorn

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: November 29, 1915

Died: May 31, 1967

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