Quotes by Billy Strayhorn

• Love or not, I wouldn't subject a wife to the road. It's punishment.
• A Train was born without any effort - if was like writing a letter to a friend.
• You're in a mess, and in excess.
• My grandmother played the piano, and I used to toddle over there and pick out little things that sounded good to me.
• In order to play and write, it's unique - you either do one or the other.
• If you want something hard enough, it just gets done.
• I'm not fit company for man or beast.
• 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.
• Ever up and onward.
• All music is beautiful.
• Romance is mush, stifling those who strive.