“Billy Strayhorn was my right arm, my left arm, all the eyes in the back of my head, my brainwaves in his head, and his in mine.” EyeLeftMinesArms Book:Music is my mistress Source: Music is my mistress
“Of the One O'Clock Lab Band after hearing their performance, and sitting in with them at the White House: "I wish it were mine".” HouseWishWhiteMinesBandSittingPerformancesHearingClockWhite HouseLabs Author:Duke Ellington
“In music, as you develop a theme or musical idea, there are many points at which directions must be decided, and at any time I was in the throes of debate with myself, harmonically or melodically, I would turn to Billy Strayhorn. We would talk, and then the whole world would come into focus. The steady hand of his good judgment pointed to the clear way that was fitting for us. He was not, as he was often referred to by many, my alter ego. Billy Strayhorn was my right arm, my left arm, all the eyes in the back of my head, my brainwaves in his head, and his in mine.” WorldWayIdeasWholeHandsEyeTurnsLeftClearFocusMinesArmsEgoJudgmentDecidedMusicalDebateWhole WorldThemeSteadyFittingGood JudgmentAlter EgoSteady Hands Book:Music is my mistress Source: Music is my mistress
“On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so much more of what I had been taught, and of what I had learned about life and about the people in mine.” PeopleMinesTaughtBecomingBecoming More Book:Music is my mistress Source: Music is my mistress
