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Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing.

— Joni Mitchell

For many years, I've always been attached to what they call the Great American Songbook, and Kern was a great leader of that because…

— Tony Bennett

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

I think we're right up there with Herman's Hermits and the other greats. Maybe somewhere between Herman's Hermits and the Gershwins.

— Walter Becker

I'm a fan of Jerome Kern and Gershwin. That's my kind of music.

— Shirley Jones

My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff.

— Kate Bush

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

Gershwin's melodic gift was phenomenal. His songs contain the essence of New York in the 1920s and have deservedly become classics of their kind,…

— George Gershwin

I wanted to honor [George Gershwin]. He's a great American songwriter.

— Kristin Chenoweth

I think that the first World War put an end the kind of music that Mahler, Bruckner and Richard Strauss were writing. A change…

— Julian Bream

Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.

— Joni Mitchell

My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff. He was really a hugely…

— Kate Bush