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George Gershwin
American
Composer
Born:
Sep 26
,
1898
Died:
Jul 11
,
1937
Always
Me
Music
People
Time
Work
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Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise.
George Gershwin
Life
Best
You
Life Is A
Improvise
Jazz
Like
Lot
True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time.
George Gershwin
Music
Time
People
Thought
Must
Inspirations
True
Repeat
When I'm in my normal mood, music drips from my fingers.
George Gershwin
Music
Mood
Fingers
Normal
Why should I limit myself to only one woman when I can have as many women as I want?
George Gershwin
Myself
Woman
Women
Only
Limit
Want
Should
Many
Why
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
Guess
Must
About
Piano
Had
Talent
Counts
Until
Little
Regularly
Even
Start
Playing
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
Beautiful
Believe
Think
Once
Say
Neighbor
Berlin
Frankly
Remains
Songs
Songwriter
Perfection
Schubert
Greatest
His
America
Want
Them
Each
Lived
Each One
Ever
Exquisite
Writing music is not so much inspiration as hard work.
George Gershwin
Work
Music
Hard Work
Writing
Inspiration
Much
Hard
The extraordinary thing about my mother, she's so modest about me.
George Gershwin
Me
Mother
Extraordinary
About
She
Modest
Thing
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