"What the hell do you want to work……" — George Gershwin

"What the hell do you want to work for somebody else for? Work for yourself!"

— George Gershwin

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30 Quotes by George Gershwin

George Gershwin has 30 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

For suddenly, I saw you there And through foggy London town The sun was shining everywhere...
Out of my entire annual output of songs, perhaps two, or at the most three, came as a result of…
The European boys have small ideas but they sure know how to dress 'em up.
The composer does not sit around and wait for an inspiration to walk up and introduce itself…Making music is actually…
Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably…
A skyscraper is at the same time a triumph of the machine and a tremendous emotional experience, almost breath-taking. Not…
Not many composers have ideas. Far more of them know how to use strange instruments which do not require ideas.
When jazz is played in another nation, it is called American. When it is played in another country, it sounds…
An entire composition written in jazz could not live.
When I'm in my normal mood, music drips from my fingers.
Summertime And the living is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high Oh, your daddy's rich And your…
Originality is the only thing that counts. But the originator uses material and ideas that occur round him and pass…

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More Hell Quotes

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What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music,… — Billie Joe Armstrong
Hell is of this world and there are men who are unhappy escapees from hell, escapees destined ETERNALLY to reenact… — Antonin Artaud
I'm not playing a role. I'm being myself, whatever the hell that is. — Bea Arthur
Getting to places like Bangkok or Singapore was a hell of a sweat. But when you got there it was… — David Attenborough
One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell. — Wystan Hugh Auden
God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of Iraqis. — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell. — Philip James Bailey
What the hell kind of man decides to dress up as a bat and run around the city? There's got… — Christian Bale
I've always believed that the director does whatever the hell he wants. That's what you sign on for as an… — Christian Bale
Our 'neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Bablyon and evil as Hell. — Edward Abbey
You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black. — Charles Barkley
If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them. — Charles Barkley

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