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

All music is beautiful.
Billy Strayhorn

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

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

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

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

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