"I didn't even start playing the piano until……" — George Gershwin
"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 whatever-you-call-it, but I practised regularly, and that's what counts."
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30 Quotes by George Gershwin
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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…
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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…
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Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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