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Life is a lot like jazz. It's...

Life is a lot like jazz. It's best when you improvise.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

Look at the piano. You'll not...

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 41 quotes

Jazz is the result of the ene...

Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

For suddenly, I saw you there...

For suddenly, I saw you there And through foggy London town The sun was shining everywhere.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

A skyscraper is at the same t...

A skyscraper is at the same time a triumph of the machine and a tremendous emotional experience, almost breath-taking. Not merely its height but its mass and proportions are the result of an emotion, as well as of calculation.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

Originality is the only thing...

Originality is the only thing that counts. But the originator uses material and ideas that occur round him and pass through him. And out of his experience comes the original creation.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

Out of my entire annual outpu...

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 41 quotes

When jazz is played in anothe...

When jazz is played in another nation, it is called American. When it is played in another country, it sounds false. Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

Jazz is one of the best thing...

Jazz is one of the best things that you can find in your life, it can always be your friend.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

All great composers of the pas...

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 41 quotes

I want to say at once that I f...

I want to say at once that I frankly believe that Irving Berlin is the greatest songwriter that has ever lived.... His songs are exquisite cameos of perfection, and each one of them is as beautiful as its neighbor. Irving Berlin remains, I think, America's Schubert.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

Why should I limit myself to o...

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

George Gershwin 41 quotes

Upper berth, lower berth, that...

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

George Gershwin 41 quotes

Music sets up certain vibratio...

Music sets up certain vibration which unquestionably results in a physical reaction. Eventually the proper vibration for every person will be found and utilized.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

Originality is the only thing ...

Originality is the only thing that counts. But the originator uses material and ideas that occur round him and pass through him. And out of his experience comes the original creation.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

I frequently hear music in the...

I frequently hear music in the heart of noise.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

Jazz is the result of the ener...

Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

Summertime And the living is e...

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 41 quotes

Out of my entire annual output...

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 41 quotes

What the hell do you want to w...

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

George Gershwin 41 quotes

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