Quotes from Billy Strayhorn

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

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

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.

Romance is mush, stifling those who strive.I'll live a lush life in some small dive,And there I'll be, while I rot with the restOf those whose lives are lonely, too.

A week in Paris will ease the bite of it.All I care is to smile in spite of it.

All music is beautiful.

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

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

You're in a mess, and in excess.

All music is beautiful.

I'm not fit company for man or beast.

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

Ever up and onward.

Romance is mush, stifling those who strive.