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Billy Strayhorn Quotes

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

All music is beautiful.
Billy Strayhorn

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

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

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


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

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

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

Romance is mush, stifling those who strive.
Billy Strayhorn

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



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Biography
Type: Composer
Nationality: American
Born: November 29, 1915
Died: May 31, 1967


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