Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the blood and feeling of the American people more than any other style of folk music. George Gershwin More Quotes by George Gershwin More Quotes From George Gershwin Life is a lot like jazz. It's best when you improvise. George Gershwin jazz-hands cool-jazz music True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. George Gershwin music inspiration people I like to think of music as an emotional science. George Gershwin gershwin emotional thinking The composer does not sit around and wait for an inspiration to walk up and introduce itself...Making music is actually little else than a matter of invention aided and abetted by emotion. In composing we combine what we know of music with what we feel. George Gershwin inspiration waiting doe Originality is the only thing that counts. But the originator uses material and ideas that occur round him and pass through him. And out of his experience comes the original creation. George Gershwin originality use ideas Look at the piano. You'll notice that there are white notes and black notes. Figure out the difference between them and you'll be able to make whatever kind of music you want. George Gershwin piano differences white Jazz is one of the best things that you can find in your life, it can always be your friend. George Gershwin best-things jazz music Music sets up certain vibration which unquestionably results in a physical reaction. Eventually the proper vibration for every person will be found and utilized. George Gershwin reactions results vibrations I didn't even start playing the piano until I was about 13 or 14. I guess I must have had a little talent or whatever-you-call-it, but I practised regularly, and that's what counts. George Gershwin piano talent littles Why should I limit myself to only one woman when I can have as many women as I want? George Gershwin limits should want When jazz is played in another nation, it is called American. When it is played in another country, it sounds false. Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America. George Gershwin energy country america 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, part of the 20th-century folk-song tradition in the sense that they are popular music which has been spread by oral tradition (for many must have sung a Gershwin song without having any idea who wrote it). George Gershwin essence new-york song It is always possible to create something original. George Gershwin gershwin originals My people are Americans. My time is today. George Gershwin my-time today people I frequently hear music in the heart of noise. George Gershwin music noise heart Writing music is not so much inspiration as hard work. George Gershwin hard-work inspiration writing Out of my entire annual output of songs, perhaps two, or at the most three, came as a result of inspiration. We can never rely on inspiration. When we most want it, it does not come. George Gershwin inspiration song two When I'm in my normal mood, music drips from my fingers. George Gershwin fingers mood normal Modern European composers...have very largely received their stimulus, their rhythms and impulses from Machine Age America. They have a much older tradition of musical technique which has helped them put into musical terms a little more clearly the thoughts that originated here. They can express themselves more glibly. George Gershwin musical age america A skyscraper is at the same time a triumph of the machine and a tremendous emotional experience, almost breath-taking. Not merely its height but its mass and proportions are the result of an emotion, as well as of calculation. George Gershwin triumph machines emotional
