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