George Gershwin Quotes

Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America.

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

We can never rely on inspiration.  Making music is actually little less than a matter of invention aided and abetted by emotion.

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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.

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