Billy Strayhorn famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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

#Done #Want #Enough
All music is beautiful.
-- Billy Strayhorn

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

#Writing #Unique #Order
I'll live a lush life in some small dive.
-- 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

#Falling In Love #Thinking #Government
Love or not, I wouldn't subject a wife to the road. It's punishment.
-- Billy Strayhorn

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

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

#Grandmother #Piano #Littles
Romance is mush, stifling those who strive.
-- Billy Strayhorn

#Romance #Strive #Stifling
I'm not fit company for man or beast.
-- Billy Strayhorn

#Men #Fit #Beast

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