Irving Berlin Quotes
- 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
- Irving Berlin has no place in American music -- he is American music. — Jerome Kern
- I want to say at once that I frankly believe that Irving Berlin is the greatest songwriter that has ever lived.... His songs are exquisite… — George Gershwin
- I wanted to invent some kind of American dance that was danced to the music that I grew up on: Cole Porter and Rodgers and… — Gene Kelly
- We never thought we were writing for posterity, because at the time everyone assumed that all the great standards had already been written by Irving… — Mike Stoller