Block Quote by Joni Mitchell Download Open image “Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.” — Joni Mitchell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Block Chip Ellington Ellington Gershwin Gershwin Chip Gershwin Gershwin
I wanted to honor [George Gershwin]. He's a great American songwriter. — Kristin Chenoweth Copy Share Image
When I got finished, Gershwin paid me the ultimate compliment. He said, 'Boy, even I couldn't do that.' — Burton Lane Copy Share Image
He's a world-famous name to people who care about his music, but there are many people who have never heard of George Gershwin and… — Michael Feinstein Copy Share Image
Why become a second-rate Ravel when you're already a first-rate Gershwin? — Maurice Ravel Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff. — Kate Bush 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
You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel. — Maurice Ravel Copy Share Image
The music changed. We had Irving Berlin and Gershwin and Lerner and Loewe and Cole Porter. Great music. Now we have 'Rent.' — Cyd Charisse Copy Share Image
George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don’t have to believe it if I don’t want to. — John O'Hara Copy Share Image
They paved paradise and put up a parkin lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot Don't it always seem… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
And the seasons they go 'round and 'round And the painted ponies go up and down We're captive on the carousel of time We… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I don't see it having lyrics. Where does it go in this world? So I… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
Musically, I would never run dry. Any time I sit down to an instrument, I could write a song. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
You snipe so steady, you snub so snide, so rip and ready to diminish and deride. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
I loved Debussy, Stravinsky, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, anything with romantic melodies, especially the nocturnes. Nietzsche was a hero, especially with 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra.' He gets… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
When the spirit of child's play enters into the creative process, it's a wonderful force and something to be nurtured. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
I was young for my age. Not as naïve as they expected. I don't know why I seem to bring that out in people. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
This is a nation that has lost the ability to be self-critical, and that makes a lie out of the freedoms. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
Land of snap decisions, land of short attention spans, nothing is savored long enough to really understand. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
I am told many children block out the memory of trauma. In fact, the healing process can only truly begin when we are willing… — Phoebe Stone Copy Share Image
Thinking about the things that happened, I don't know any other ball player would could have done what he (Jackie Robinson) did. To be… — Pee Wee Reese Copy Share Image
If you do a black character or a female character or an Asian character, then they aren't just that character. They represent that race… — Dwayne McDuffie Copy Share Image
Stevie Wonder always smells so good... I'm like a DEA dog, I can smell people a block away! — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
When it comes to people I love and care about, I may condense the time, but I'm giving them every ounce of my energy.… — Jay Shetty Copy Share Image
I mean family is more important than anything in life. Family is important than my crew, D-Block, my rap career anything... It's the most… — Styles P Copy Share Image
Can you understand why the Congress, most states and most cities refuse to pass legislation requiring the registration and licensing of any and all… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
One of those blocks (that prevent the 'Middle East from entering the mainstream of modernity') is the orthodox tenet that the Koran and the… — Arnold Beichman Copy Share Image
The family is the building block for whatever solidarity there is in society. — William Ruckelshaus Copy Share Image
New York is so serious about the creation of work. Everything is happening so fast, it feels like there's another studio, another session on… — Diplo Copy Share Image
Tentatively I stood a great lump of wood on the chopping block and bought the axe down on it. It flew into two perfect… — Helen Garner Copy Share Image
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