Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America. George Gershwin More Quotes by George Gershwin More Quotes From George Gershwin 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 triumphmachinesemotional Summertime And the living is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high Oh, your daddy's rich And your mama's good lookin' So hush little baby now don't you cry One of these mornin's You're gonna rise up singin' Then you'll spread your wings And take to the sky But til that mornin' Ain't nothin' can harm you With your daddy And your mammy standin' by. George Gershwin summerskybaby The European boys have small ideas but they sure know how to dress 'em up. George Gershwin dressesboysideas Not many composers have ideas. Far more of them know how to use strange instruments which do not require ideas. George Gershwin strangeuseideas It sounds simple, of course, but personally I can think of no more mentally arduous task than making music. George Gershwin simplesoundthinking It took me three weeks to write the 'Rhapsody in Blue.' I had always wanted to write something blue and Paul Whiteman inspired. George Gershwin threebluewriting For suddenly, I saw you there And through foggy London town The sun was shining everywhere. George Gershwin shininginspiringlove Porgy is...an interesting example of what can be done by talent in spite of a bad setup. With a libretto that should never have been accepted on a subject that should never have been chosen, a man who should never have attempted it has written a work that has a considerable power. George Gershwin examplemeninteresting What the hell do you want to work for somebody else for? Work for yourself! George Gershwin wantworkwriting An entire composition written in jazz could not live. George Gershwin gershwincompositionjazz All great composers of the past spent most of their time studying. Feeling alone won't do the job. A man also needs technique. George Gershwin jobsmenpast All these tales of people sitting down and composing symphonies just as though they were writing a letter are very much exaggerated; at least, it isn't that way in my work. George Gershwin symphonywritingpeople Upper berth, lower berth, that's the difference between talent and genius. George Gershwin talentdifferencesgenius I want to say at once that I frankly believe that Irving Berlin is the greatest songwriter that has ever lived.... His songs are exquisite cameos of perfection, and each one of them is as beautiful as its neighbor. Irving Berlin remains, I think, America's Schubert. George Gershwin songbeautifulbelieve Gershwin's tragedy was not that he failed to cross the tracks, but rather that he did, and once there in his new habitat, was deprived of the chance to plunge his roots firmly into the new soil. George Gershwin tracktragedyroots The extraordinary thing about my mother, she's so modest about me. George Gershwin modestextraordinary-thingsmother I frequently hear music in the very heart of noise. George Gershwin hearmusicnoiseheart
