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All Quotes by author - George Gershwin
" All great composers of the past spent most of their time studying. Feeling alone won't do the job. A man also needs technique. "
Job
Alone
Great
" 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. "
Work
Down
Writing
" 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. "
Piano
Talent
Start
" I frequently hear music in the very heart of noise. "
Hear
Music
Noise
" It is always possible to create something original. "
Possible
Always
Create
" It took me three weeks to write the 'Rhapsody in Blue.' I had always wanted to write something blue and Paul Whiteman inspired. "
Write
Always
Blue
" 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. "
Beautiful
Perfection
America
" Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise. "
You
Life
Best
" The extraordinary thing about my mother, she's so modest about me. "
Me
She
Mother
" True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. "
Time
Must
People
" Upper berth, lower berth, that's the difference between talent and genius. "
Between
Genius
Talent
" When I'm in my normal mood, music drips from my fingers. "
Music
Normal
Mood
" Why should I limit myself to only one woman when I can have as many women as I want? "
Want
Woman
Women
" Writing music is not so much inspiration as hard work. "
Hard
Hard Work
Music
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