Gray Skies Are Just Clouds Passing Over.

My Mother Told Me I Was Blessed, And I Have Always Taken Her Word For It. Being Born Of - Or Reincarnated From - Royalty Is Nothing Like Being Blessed. Royalty Is Inherited From Another Human Being; Blessedness Comes From God.

There Are Two Kinds Of Worries - Those You Can Do Something About And Those You Can't. Don't Spend Any Time On The Latter.

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.

I'm Sure Critics Have Their Purpose, And They're Supposed To Do What They Do, But Sometimes They Get A Little Carried Away With What They Think Someone Should Have Done, Rather Than Concerning Themselves With What He Did.

A Satin Doll Is A Woman Who Is As Pretty On The Inside As She Is On The Outside.