Billy Strayhorn

“I'm not fit company for man or beast.”

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

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

“All music is beautiful.”

“Ever up and onward.”

“You're in a mess, and in excess.”

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

“Romance is mush, stifling those who strive.”

“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.”

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

“If you want something hard enough, it just gets done.”