I just love all the music. My grandma was a church organist for 40 years, and she got me into jazz music… — Zach Anner Copy Share Image
I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff. He was really… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
Porgy is...an interesting example of what can be done by talent in spite of a bad setup. With a libretto that should… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
“ Chapter 1 . He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion... no, make that: he - he… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Gershwin's melodic gift was phenomenal. His songs contain the essence of New York in the 1920s and have deservedly become classics of… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
Not many composers have ideas. Far more of them know how to use strange instruments which do not require ideas. — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
I do miss the stage. There's nothing like it, nothing. When I did my one-woman show and played the Palace and played… — Shirley MacLaine Copy Share Image
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… — John Oates Copy Share Image
As a New Yorker you can't help but be proud of the fact that so much music and culture started here. Punk… — Moby Copy Share Image
As far as songwriters, I've always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
From folk to tribal to Cab Calloway, Cole Porter, Gershwin to the Rolling Stones, whose first record was all covers, to country-western,… — Cat Power Copy Share Image
My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff. — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
Out of my entire annual output of songs, perhaps two, or at the most three, came as a result of inspiration. We… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
America, the Idea of: We yearned for its beer and jazz, its smoke-filled nightclubs, its Edward Hopper bars, the melancholy of rainy… — Michael Bywater Copy Share Image
I got rhythm, I got music, I got my man- Who could ask for anything more? — Ira Gershwin Copy Share Image
The Gershwin legacy is extraordinary because George Gershwin died in 1937, but his music is as fresh and vital today as when… — Michael Feinstein Copy Share Image
I did my New York debut at 21. It was 'On the Town' at the George Gershwin Theatre. New York is my… — Jesse Tyler Ferguson Copy Share Image
I totally related to Cole Porter's magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing,… — Kevin Kline Copy Share Image
The European boys have small ideas but they sure know how to dress 'em up. — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
