Writing music is not so much inspiration as hard work. George Gershwin More Quotes by George Gershwin More Quotes From George Gershwin 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 summer sky baby The European boys have small ideas but they sure know how to dress 'em up. George Gershwin dresses boys ideas Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America. George Gershwin jazz energy america Not many composers have ideas. Far more of them know how to use strange instruments which do not require ideas. George Gershwin strange use ideas It sounds simple, of course, but personally I can think of no more mentally arduous task than making music. George Gershwin simple sound thinking 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 three blue writing For suddenly, I saw you there And through foggy London town The sun was shining everywhere. George Gershwin shining inspiring love 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 example men interesting What the hell do you want to work for somebody else for? Work for yourself! George Gershwin want work writing An entire composition written in jazz could not live. George Gershwin gershwin composition jazz 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 jobs men past 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 symphony writing people Upper berth, lower berth, that's the difference between talent and genius. George Gershwin talent differences genius 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 song beautiful believe 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 track tragedy roots The extraordinary thing about my mother, she's so modest about me. George Gershwin modest extraordinary-things mother I frequently hear music in the very heart of noise. George Gershwin hear music noise heart
