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

I just love all the music. My grandma was a church organist for 40 years, and she got me into jazz music and great…

— Zach Anner

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

— Zooey Deschanel

My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff. He was really a hugely…

— Kate Bush

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…

— George Gershwin

“ Chapter 1 . He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion... no, make that: he - he romanticized it…

— Woody Allen

Gershwin's melodic gift was phenomenal. His songs contain the essence of New York in the 1920s and have deservedly become classics of their kind,…

— George Gershwin

Not many composers have ideas. Far more of them know how to use strange instruments which do not require ideas.

— George Gershwin

I do miss the stage. There's nothing like it, nothing. When I did my one-woman show and played the Palace and played the Gershwin…

— Shirley MacLaine

I don't care if it's a Cole Porter song, or George Gershwin, or Lennon/McCartney, or Elton John, or you know, whoever, Bob Dylan. Great…

— John Oates

As a New Yorker you can't help but be proud of the fact that so much music and culture started here. Punk rock, jazz,…

— Moby

In time the Rockies may crumble, Gibraltar may tumble.

— Ira Gershwin

When I got finished, Gershwin paid me the ultimate compliment. He said, 'Boy, even I couldn't do that.'

— Burton Lane

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.

— Mel Brooks

From folk to tribal to Cab Calloway, Cole Porter, Gershwin to the Rolling Stones, whose first record was all covers, to country-western, bebop, blues,…

— Cat Power

My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff.

— Kate Bush