Billy Strayhorn quotes
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“If you want something hard enough, it just gets done.”
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“In order to play and write, it's unique - you either do one or the other.”
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“I'll live a lush life in some small dive.”
-- Billy StrayhornSource : Song: Lush Life
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“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.”
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“Love or not, I wouldn't subject a wife to the road. It's punishment.”
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“A Train was born without any effort - if was like writing a letter to a friend.”
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“My grandmother played the piano, and I used to toddle over there and pick out little things that sounded good to me.”
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“Romance is mush, stifling those who strive.”
-- Billy StrayhornSource : Song: Lush Life
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