The European boys have small ideas but they sure know how to dress 'em up. — 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
When jazz is played in another nation, it is called American. When it is played in another country, it sounds false. Jazz… — 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
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
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
Gershwin's tragedy was not that he failed to cross the tracks, but rather that he did, and once there in his new… — George Gershwin 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
Jazz is one of the best things that you can find in your life, it can always be your friend. — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
What the hell do you want to work for somebody else for? Work for yourself! — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
Look at the piano. You'll notice that there are white notes and black notes. Figure out the difference between them and you'll… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
Summertime And the living is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high Oh, your daddy's rich And your mama's good… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
Modern European composers...have very largely received their stimulus, their rhythms and impulses from Machine Age America. They have a much older tradition… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
The composer does not sit around and wait for an inspiration to walk up and introduce itself…Making music is actually little else… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
A skyscraper is at the same time a triumph of the machine and a tremendous emotional experience, almost breath-taking. Not merely its… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans and my time is today. — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
The extraordinary thing about my mother, she's so modest about me. — George Gershwin 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 never have… — George Gershwin 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 their kind,… — 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 didn't even start playing the piano until I was about 13 or 14. I guess I must have had a little talent or… — George Gershwin 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 blood and… — 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 can never… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
