Gershwin Quote by George Gershwin Download Open image “What the hell do you want to work for somebody else for? Work for yourself!” — George Gershwin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Gershwin Hell Inspirational Want Work Work For Yourself Writing
It's hard for me to work for somebody else. I can work with someone, but not for someone. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
You never work for someone else. The truth is someone is paying you to work for yourself. — Paul J. Meyer Copy Share Image
I want to work for myself, and I do work for myself. I make plenty of money working for myself. — Adam Carolla Copy Share Image
I may not be able to work for anybody else again. I may just have to work for myself. — Susan Rice Copy Share Image
If you plan on working for someone else for the rest of your life, then plan on working for the rest of your life. — Jeremy Tyler Smithey Copy Share Image
Once you decide to work for yourself, you never go back to work for somebody else. — Alan Sugar Copy Share Image
It's easy to work for somebody else; all you have to do is show up. — John Wanamaker Copy Share Image
If someone wants to employ me, whoever wants to employ me, I'll go and do that. I just want to work. — Matthew Lewis Copy Share Image
Never work harder for someone else's heart than they are willing to work for yours! — Mild'z De Asis Copy Share Image
I never wanted to work for anybody else; I always wanted to be my own boss. — John Barry 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
I just love all the music. My grandma was a church organist for 40 years, and she got me into jazz music and great… — Zach Anner Copy Share Image
I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers and Hart,… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff. He was really a hugely… — Kate Bush 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
“ Chapter 1 . He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion... no, make that: he - he romanticized it… — Woody Allen 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 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… — Shirley MacLaine Copy Share Image
I don't care if it's a Cole Porter song, or George Gershwin, or Lennon/McCartney, or Elton John, or you know, whoever, Bob Dylan. Great… — John Oates Copy Share Image
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,… — Moby Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image