“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.” LittlesTalentPianoGershwin 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
“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.” KnowsFeelsLittlesDoeMatterInspirationWaitingWalksEmotionMusic IsInventionComposerIntroducingComposingGershwin Author:George Gershwin
“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.” LittlesEasyRichSkyCryBabySummerWingsFishesSpreadHarmLooking GoodDaddyMamaCottonSummertimeYour DadHushGershwin Author:George Gershwin
