Billy Strayhorn Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by 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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/billy-strayhorn-quotes/#6d46ca2b

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/billy-strayhorn-quotes/#3fb14682

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/billy-strayhorn-quotes/#0daebb75

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/billy-strayhorn-quotes/#440cd1a1

All music is beautiful.
~Billy Strayhorn


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/billy-strayhorn-quotes/#8171bc22

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/billy-strayhorn-quotes/#83eac43a

Ever up and onward.
~Billy Strayhorn


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/billy-strayhorn-quotes/#3d062e72

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/billy-strayhorn-quotes/#868f2f1d

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/billy-strayhorn-quotes/#ced1eb5f

Romance is mush, stifling those who strive.
~Billy Strayhorn


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/billy-strayhorn-quotes/#4621c83f

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/billy-strayhorn-quotes/#080dad0d

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/billy-strayhorn-quotes/#7be599f3

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