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Mercer was very clever. He knew the way Southerners spoke and put that into his lyrics. But in that whole era, you had the…

— Tony Bennett

I wanted to honor [George Gershwin]. He's a great American songwriter.

— Kristin Chenoweth

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

Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing.

— Joni Mitchell

I wanted to grow up to be George and Ira Gershwin from the age of about six.

— Leslie Bricusse

I'm a fan of Jerome Kern and Gershwin. That's my kind of music.

— Shirley Jones

I could turn on my radio in the morning when I was getting dressed for school and hear Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington and…

— Woody Allen

By the time a show gets on, I've written these songs and heard them over and over and over again.

— Stephen Schwartz

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,…

— Cat Power

My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff.

— Kate Bush

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

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