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George Gershwin has 30 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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For suddenly, I saw you there And through foggy London town The sun was shining everywhere...
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Out of my entire annual output of songs, perhaps two, or at the most three, came as a result of inspiration. We…
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The European boys have small ideas but they sure know how to dress 'em up.
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The composer does not sit around and wait for an inspiration to walk up and introduce itself…Making music is actually little else…
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Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the…
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A skyscraper is at the same time a triumph of the machine and a tremendous emotional experience, almost breath-taking. Not merely its…
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Not many composers have ideas. Far more of them know how to use strange instruments which do not require ideas.
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When jazz is played in another nation, it is called American. When it is played in another country, it sounds false. Jazz…
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An entire composition written in jazz could not live.
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When I'm in my normal mood, music drips from my fingers.
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What the hell do you want to work for somebody else for? Work for yourself!
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Summertime And the living is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high Oh, your daddy's rich And your mama's good…
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As for them pretty light-skinned models standin in the cold, ah yeah they with us.
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Don't ever forget the moment you began to doubt, transitionin from fittin in to standin out.
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Cats know, comin' out of four, they better be standin' on it, else they'll be standin' in it.
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Summertime And the living is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high Oh, your daddy's rich And your mama's good…
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I've been screwed and sued and tattooed, and I'm still standin' here in front of you.
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I used to listen to 'Perfect Day' by Hoku every single day in high school! 'On this perfect day, nothin' standin' in…
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You were standin' way too close to see it fall apart. And there were things you couldn't hear, 'cause you were listening…
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Standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, and I'm quite sure I'm in the wrong song.
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strength, like height, is measured by who you're standin next to!
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We were both young when I first saw you. I close my eyes and the flashback starts. I'm standin' there on a…
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All your thoughts let them fall like a million raindrops on this desolate ground I'm standin' on.
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I'm standin' on the bridge I'm waitin' in the dark I thought that you'd be here by now There's nothing but the…
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