“Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America.” AmericaEnergyResultsJazzGershwin Author:George Gershwin
“Modern European composers...have very largely received their stimulus, their rhythms and impulses from Machine Age America. They have a much older tradition of musical technique which has helped them put into musical terms a little more clearly the thoughts that originated here. They can express themselves more glibly.” LittlesAgeAmericaTermModernTraditionMachinesMusicalTechniqueRhythmImpulseComposerStimulusGershwin Author:George Gershwin
“When jazz is played in another nation, it is called American. When it is played in another country, it sounds false. Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America.” CountryAmericaEnergyNationsSoundResultsJazzGershwin Author:George Gershwin
“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.” ThinkingWantBelieveAmericaBeautifulSongPerfectionRemainsNeighborSongwritersExquisiteBerlinGershwinCameosSchubert Author:George Gershwin
