"That's all I did - that's all I ever did - try to do what Billy Strayhorn did."

-- Gil Evans

“Wrap up the 20th century; Fred Astaire is gone.”
“I don't find glamour and clothing relevant.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Itâ€™s the leftover humans. The survivors. Theyâ€™re the ones I canâ€™t stand to look at, although on many occasions I still fail. I deliberately seek out the colors to keep my mind off them, but now and then, I witness the ones who are left behind, crumbling among the jigsaw puzzle of realization, despair, and surprises. They have punctured hearts. They have beaten lungs. Which in turn brings me to the subject I am telling you about tonight, or today, or whatever the hour and color. Itâ€™s the story of one of those perpetual survivors â€“an expert at being left behind.”
“I've played comedy before but not that much. I mostly do get drawn to darker material.”
“I have almost no capacity for worship. What I have is the knowledge that it is my duty to worship and worship only what I believe to be true.â€ May 19, 1962”
“I let my drinking do the talking.”
“So she sat on the porch and watched the moon rise. Soon its amber fluid was drenching the earth, and quenching the thirst of the day.”
“Either you focus, or you hit something really hard.”

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