Gershwin Quotes - Page 2

• It took me three weeks to write the 'Rhapsody in Blue.' I had always wanted to write something blue and Paul Whiteman inspired.

  George Gershwin

  Writing, Blue, Three

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• Why should I limit myself to only one woman when I can have as many women as I want?

  George Gershwin

  Want, Limits, Should

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Upper berth, lower berth, that's the difference between talent and genius.

  George Gershwin

  Differences, Genius, Talent

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• Out of my entire annual output of songs, perhaps two, or at the most three, came as a result of inspiration. We can never rely on inspiration. When we most want it, it does not come.

  George Gershwin

  Song, Inspiration, Two

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• All great composers of the past spent most of their time studying. Feeling alone won't do the job. A man also needs technique.

  George Gershwin

  Jobs, Past, Men

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• Summertime And the living is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high Oh, your daddy's rich And your mama's good lookin' So hush little baby now don't you cry One of these mornin's You're gonna rise up singin' Then you'll spread your wings And take to the sky But til that mornin' Ain't nothin' can harm you With your daddy And your mammy standin' by.

  George Gershwin

  Summer, Baby, Sky

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• In time the Rockies may crumble,
  Gibraltar may tumble.

  Ira Gershwin

  Change, May

  1938 'Love Is Here to Stay', sung by Kenny Baker in The Goldwyn Follies (music by George Gershwin).

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• I got rhythm, I got music, I got my man- Who could ask for anything more?

  Ira Gershwin

  Music, Men, Rhythm

  "I Got Rhythm" (song) (1930)

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• A libretto that should never have been accepted on a subject that should never have been chosen bya man who should never have attempted it.

  Virgil Thomson

  Men, Accepted, Should

  1935 Of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. Modern Music.

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• What the hell do you want to work for somebody else for? Work for yourself!

  George Gershwin

  Work, Writing, Want

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• The extraordinary thing about my mother, she's so modest about me.

  George Gershwin

  Mother, Modest, Extraordinary Things

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• Porgy is...an interesting example of what can be done by talent in spite of a bad setup. With a libretto that should never have been accepted on a subject that should never have been chosen, a man who should never have attempted it has written a work that has a considerable power.

  George Gershwin

  Men, Interesting, Example

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• Look at the piano. You'll notice that there are white notes and black notes. Figure out the difference between them and you'll be able to make whatever kind of music you want.

  George Gershwin

  White, Differences, Piano

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• The way you wear your hat, The way you sip your tea, The mem'ry of all that -- No, no! They can't take that away from me!

  Ira Gershwin

  Tea, Way, Hats

  1937 'They Can't Take That Away from Me', song from the film musical Shall We Dance? (music by George Gershwin).

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• Holding hands at midnight 'Neath a starry sky... Nice work if you can get it And you can get it -- if you try.

  Ira Gershwin

  Nice, Hands, Sky

  "NiceWork If You Can Get It" (song) (1937)

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• S wonderful! 'S marvelous! That you should care for me!

  Ira Gershwin

  Care, Wonderful, Should

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

  Shirley Jones

  Fans, Kind

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• 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.

  Kevin Kline

  Piano, Rooms, Drag

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

  Joni Mitchell

  Writing, Mean, Ira

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• I love Gershwin. I love musicals.

  Gloria Estefan

  Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 4, 2013.

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

  Maurice Ravel

  Writing, Quality, Ravel

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

  Jesse Tyler Ferguson

  New York, Home, Theatre

  "Jesse Tyler Ferguson On Shakespeare In The Park: ‘I Love The Challenge Of Starting A Play’". Interview with Matthew Jacobs, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 27, 2013.

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• I was always drawn to Broadway musicals, and obviously composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin and Porter were writing music that I found wildly impressive.

  Marvin Hamlisch

  Writing, Broadway, Berlin

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• I just love all the music. My grandma was a church organist for 40 years, and she got me into jazz music and great songwriters, Harold Arlen, George Gershwin, all those folks. I can't do it, but I have a profound respect for it.

  Zach Anner

  Grandma, Years, Profound

  Source: abilitymagazine.com

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

  Joni Mitchell

  Block, Chips, Songwriting

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