"If I'm a guy who doesn't seem so……" — Ira Gershwin
"If I'm a guy who doesn't seem so merry, It's just because I'm so misunderstood. When I was young I ate a dictionary, And that did not do me a bit of good. For I've absorbed so many words and phrases— They drive me dizzy when I want to speak. I start explaining but each person gazes As if I spoke in Latin or in Greek."
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Ira Gershwin
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21 Quotes by Ira Gershwin
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Summer time an' the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin' an' the cotton is high. Oh, yo' daddy's rich, and…
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What usually comes first is the contract.
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A song without music is a lot like H2 without the O.
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Oh, lady be good To me.
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I got rhythm, I got music, I got my man- Who could ask for anything more?
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Life is one long jubilee.
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I'd like to add her initial to my monogram...
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The future of this nation, with the present generation, You must admit is nothing but a joke
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If you'll promise not to cry, Baby, I will kiss you by-and-by—Maybe! Though you're six feet three, You will always…
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There's a somebody I'm longing to see, I hope that he, turns out to be, someone to watch over me.
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The way you wear your hat, The way you sip your tea, The mem'ry of all that -- No, no!…
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Holding hands at midnight 'Neath a starry sky... Nice work if you can get it And you can get it…
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