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Top 30 George Gershwin Quotes (2025 Update)

George Gershwin Quote: “I like to think of music as an emotional science.”

1. “I like to think of music as an emotional science.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time.”

2. “True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “I frequently hear music in the heart of noise.”

3. “I frequently hear music in the heart of noise.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “My people are Americans. My time is today.”

4. “My people are Americans. My time is today.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “All great composers of the past spent most of their time studying. Feeling alone won’t do the job. A man also needs technique.”

5. “All great composers of the past spent most of their time studying. Feeling alone won’t do the job. A man also needs technique.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “Music sets up certain vibration which unquestionably results in a physical reaction. Eventually the proper vibration for every person will be found and utilized.”

6. “Music sets up certain vibration which unquestionably results in a physical reaction. Eventually the proper vibration for every person will be found and utilized.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “It is always possible to create something original.”

7. “It is always possible to create something original.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “When I’m in my normal mood, music drips from my fingers.”

8. “When I’m in my normal mood, music drips from my fingers.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “What the hell do you want to work for somebody else for? Work for yourself!”

9. “What the hell do you want to work for somebody else for? Work for yourself!”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “Out of my entire annual output of songs, perhaps two, or at the most three, came as a result of inspiration. We can never rely on inspiration. When we most want it, it does not come.”

10. “Out of my entire annual output of songs, perhaps two, or at the most three, came as a result of inspiration. We can never rely on inspiration. When we most want it, it does not come.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “It took me three weeks to write the ‘Rhapsody in Blue.’ I had always wanted to write something blue and Paul Whiteman inspired.”

11. “It took me three weeks to write the ‘Rhapsody in Blue.’ I had always wanted to write something blue and Paul Whiteman inspired.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the blood and feeling of the American people more than any other style of folk music.”

12. “Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the blood and feeling of the American people more than any other style of folk music.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “Jazz is one of the best things that you can find in your life, it can always be your friend.”

13. “Jazz is one of the best things that you can find in your life, it can always be your friend.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “For suddenly, I saw you there And through foggy London town The sun was shining everywhere...”

14. “For suddenly, I saw you there And through foggy London town The sun was shining everywhere...”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “Originality is the only thing that counts. But the originator uses material and ideas that occur round him and pass through him. And out of his experience comes the original creation.”

15. “Originality is the only thing that counts. But the originator uses material and ideas that occur round him and pass through him. And out of his experience comes the original creation.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “Gershwin’s tragedy was not that he failed to cross the tracks, but rather that he did, and once there in his new habitat, was deprived of the chance to plunge his roots firmly into the new soil.”

16. “Gershwin’s tragedy was not that he failed to cross the tracks, but rather that he did, and once there in his new habitat, was deprived of the chance to plunge his roots firmly into the new soil.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “Look at the piano. You’ll notice that there are white notes and black notes. Figure out the difference between them and you’ll be able to make whatever kind of music you want.”

17. “Look at the piano. You’ll notice that there are white notes and black notes. Figure out the difference between them and you’ll be able to make whatever kind of music you want.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “A skyscraper is at the same time a triumph of the machine and a tremendous emotional experience, almost breath-taking. Not merely its height but its mass and proportions are the result of an emotion, as well as of calculation.”

18. “A skyscraper is at the same time a triumph of the machine and a tremendous emotional experience, almost breath-taking. Not merely its height but its mass and proportions are the result of an emotion, as well as of calculation.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “Upper berth, lower berth, that’s the difference between talent and genius.”

19. “Upper berth, lower berth, that’s the difference between talent and genius.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “Why should I limit myself to only one woman when I can have as many women as I want?”

20. “Why should I limit myself to only one woman when I can have as many women as I want?”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America.”

21. “Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “The European boys have small ideas but they sure know how to dress ’em up.”

22. “The European boys have small ideas but they sure know how to dress ’em up.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “Not many composers have ideas. Far more of them know how to use strange instruments which do not require ideas.”

23. “Not many composers have ideas. Far more of them know how to use strange instruments which do not require ideas.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “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.”

24. “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.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “Writing music is not so much inspiration as hard work.”

25. “Writing music is not so much inspiration as hard work.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “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.”

26. “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.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “The extraordinary thing about my mother, she’s so modest about me.”

27. “The extraordinary thing about my mother, she’s so modest about me.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “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.”

28. “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

George Gershwin Quote: “It sounds simple, of course, but personally I can think of no more mentally arduous task than making music.”

29. “It sounds simple, of course, but personally I can think of no more mentally arduous task than making music.”

— George Gershwin

George Gershwin Quote: “An entire composition written in jazz could not live.”

30. “An entire composition written in jazz could not live.”

— George Gershwin

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