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I love Gershwin. I love musicals.

— Gloria Estefan

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

— Joni Mitchell

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

— Shirley Jones

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

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

— Kristin Chenoweth

The music changed. We had Irving Berlin and Gershwin and Lerner and Loewe and Cole Porter. Great music. Now we have 'Rent.'

— Cyd Charisse

I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows…

— Ethel Merman

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

— Joni Mitchell

From folk to tribal to Cab Calloway, Cole Porter, Gershwin to the Rolling Stones, whose first record was all covers, to country-western, bebop, blues,…

— Cat Power

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