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Billy Strayhorn [1915-1967] American
Rank: 105
Composer, Jazz Pianist


William Thomas "Billy" Strayhorn was an American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger, best known for his successful collaboration with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington, lasting nearly three decades. 

Music, Romantic



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All music is beautiful. Music
101
Romance is mush, stifling those who strive. Romantic
102
My grandmother played the piano, and I used to toddle over there and pick out little things that sounded good to me.
103
Ever up and onward.
104
A Train was born without any effort - if was like writing a letter to a friend.
105
You're in a mess, and in excess.
106
If you want something hard enough, it just gets done.
107
I'll live a lush life in some small dive.
108
I'm not fit company for man or beast.
109
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.
110
Love or not, I wouldn't subject a wife to the road. It's punishment.
111
In order to play and write, it's unique - you either do one or the other.
112

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