gershwin Quotes and Quotations
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gershwin Quotes and Quotations
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It's very difficult to photograph an opera. And they messed up on it. It just wasn't there. And I don't blame the Gershwins for taking it away. Of course, if they had gotten the original company to have done it, it would have been very good. Cab Calloway | top
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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 those numbers increase. Michael Feinstein | top
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The Gershwin legacy is extraordinary because George Gershwin died in 1937, but his music is as fresh and vital today as when he originally created it. Michael Feinstein | top
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I was always drawn to Broadway musicals, and obviously composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin and Porter were writing music that I found wildly impressive. Marvin Hamlisch | top
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I'm a fan of Jerome Kern and Gershwin. That's my kind of music. Shirley Jones | top
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I totally related to Cole Porter's magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldn't drag them away from a piano. Kevin Kline | top
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When I got finished, Gershwin paid me the ultimate compliment. He said, 'Boy, even I couldn't do that.' Burton Lane | top
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I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me. Ethel Merman | top
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Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing. Joni Mitchell | top
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Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block. Joni Mitchell | top
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You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel. Maurice Ravel | top