Song Quotes by George Gershwin

I like to think of music as an emotional science.

— George Gershwin

An entire composition written in jazz could not live.

— George Gershwin

I frequently hear music in the very heart of noise.

— George Gershwin

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

— George Gershwin

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

— George Gershwin

When I'm in my normal mood, music drips from my fingers.

— George Gershwin

True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time.

— George Gershwin

I frequently hear music in the heart of noise.

— George Gershwin

It sounds simple, of course, but personally I can think of no more mentally arduous task than making music.

— George Gershwin

Out of my entire annual output of songs, perhaps two, or at the most three, came as a result of inspiration. We…

— George Gershwin

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

— George Gershwin

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

— George Gershwin

When jazz is played in another nation, it is called American. When it is played in another country, it sounds false. Jazz…

— George Gershwin

I didn't even start playing the piano until I was about 13 or 14. I guess I must have had a little…

— George Gershwin

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

— George Gershwin

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

— George Gershwin

I want to say at once that I frankly believe that Irving Berlin is the greatest songwriter that has ever lived… His…

— George Gershwin

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

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

Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the…

— George Gershwin

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

— George Gershwin

True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans and my time is…

— George Gershwin