"Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some…" — Joni Mitchell

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• As far as songwriters, I've always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean… — Mel Brooks
• I do miss the stage. There's nothing like it, nothing. When I did my one-woman show and played the Palace… — Shirley MacLaine
• I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole… — Ethel Merman
• America, the Idea of: We yearned for its beer and jazz, its smoke-filled nightclubs, its Edward Hopper bars, the melancholy… — Michael Bywater
• The Gershwin legacy is extraordinary because George Gershwin died in 1937, but his music is as fresh and vital today… — Michael Feinstein
• You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel. — Maurice Ravel
• He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion... no, make that: he - he romanticized it… — Woody Allen
• He's a world-famous name to people who care about his music, but there are many people who have never heard… — Michael Feinstein
• Why become a second-rate Ravel when you're already a first-rate Gershwin? — Maurice Ravel
• I did my New York debut at 21. It was 'On the Town' at the George Gershwin Theatre. New York… — Jesse Tyler Ferguson
• From folk to tribal to Cab Calloway, Cole Porter, Gershwin to the Rolling Stones, whose first record was all covers,… — Cat Power
• To George Gershwin, on refusinghim as a pupil: You would only lose the spontaneous quality of your melody, and end… — Maurice Ravel

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