Quotes on Gershwin

He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion... no, make that: he - he romanticized it all out of proportion. Yes. To him, no matter what the season was, this was still a town that existed in black and white and pulsated to the great tunes of George Gershwin.

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.

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.

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.

For suddenly, I saw you there And through foggy London town The sun was shining everywhere.

One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them.

I got rhythm, I got music, I got my man- Who could ask for anything more?

True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time.

Holding hands at midnight 'Neath a starry sky... Nice work if you can get it And you can get it -- if you try.