Gershwin Quotes

25 quotes by 21 authors

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
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 and… — Shirley MacLaine
I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for… — Ethel Merman
America, the Idea of: We yearned for its beer and jazz, its smoke-filled nightclubs, its Edward Hopper bars, the melancholy of rainy Manhattan Gershwin nights...… — Michael Bywater
The Gershwin legacy is extraordinary because George Gershwin died in 1937, but his music is as fresh and vital today as when he originally created… — Michael Feinstein
You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel. — Maurice Ravel
He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion... no, make that: he - he romanticized it all out of proportion. Yes.… — Woody Allen
He's a world-famous name to people who care about his music, but there are many people who have never heard of George Gershwin and those… — Michael Feinstein
Why become a second-rate Ravel when you're already a first-rate Gershwin? — Maurice Ravel
I did my New York debut at 21. It was 'On the Town' at the George Gershwin Theatre. New York is my artistic home. — Jesse Tyler Ferguson
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, and… — Cat Power
To George Gershwin, on refusinghim as a pupil: You would only lose the spontaneous quality of your melody, and end by writing bad Ravel. — Maurice Ravel
I totally related to Cole Porter's magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin.… — Kevin Kline
Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing. — Joni Mitchell
I'm a fan of Jerome Kern and Gershwin. That's my kind of music. — Shirley Jones
I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers and Hart, and… — Zooey Deschanel
I love Gershwin. I love musicals. — Gloria Estefan
I was always drawn to Broadway musicals, and obviously composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin and Porter were writing music that I found wildly impressive. — Marvin Hamlisch
Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block. — Joni Mitchell
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, hip-hop… — Moby

Who Wrote These Gershwin Quotes

21 authors contributed a total of 25 Gershwin Quotes as follows: