Gershwin Quotes

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I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me

Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing.

Why become a second-rate Ravel when you're already a first-rate Gershwin?

I like to think of music as an emotional science.

It is always possible to create something original.

You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel.

To George Gershwin, on refusinghim as a pupil: You would only lose the spontaneous quality of your melody, and end by writing bad Ravel.

I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin.

My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff. He was really a hugely encouraging force to me when I was little.

George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don’t have to believe it if I don’t want to.

He's a world-famous name to people who care about his music, but there are many people who have never heard of George Gershwin and those numbers increase.

An entire composition written in jazz could not live.

I totally related to Cole Porter's magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldn't drag them away from a piano.

Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.

I did my New York debut at 21. It was “On the Town” at the George Gershwin Theatre. New York is my artistic home.

In time the Rockies may crumble, Gibraltar may tumble.

I was proud to work with the great Gershwin, and I would have done it for nothing, which I did.

I love Gershwin. I love musicals.

I wanted to honor [George Gershwin]. He's a great American songwriter.

Gershwin's tragedy was not that he failed to cross the tracks, but rather that he did, and once there in his new habitat, was deprived of the chance to plunge his roots firmly into the new soil.

Gershwin inspired me very much. The concept of 'That Lucky Old Sun' was inspired by 'Rhapsody in Blue' - not influenced, but inspired.

Musically Bob [Dylan] is a primitive. He's not a Gershwin, or somebody that uses eloquent music terms.

As far as songwriters, I've always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me.

I'm a fan of Jerome Kern and Gershwin. That's my kind of music.

In Jazz, like in America, the group works together toward a common cause with lots of room left for each individual to shine.

It’s nice to have a station pet. Wish it wasn’t trapped in a hovering prison in the men’s bathroom, but listen: no pet is perfect. It becomes perfect when you learn to accept it for what it is.

Remember: if you see something, say nothing, and drink to forget.