For a painter, the Mecca of the world, for study, for inspiration and for living is here on this star called Paris. Just look at it, no wonder so many artists have come here and called it home. Brother, if you can't paint in Paris, you'd better give up and marry the boss's daughter.

(Musseli told friends Alan Jay Lerner had not wanted to sell her home but that Lerner urged her to cut her ties with her native city and that Alan Jay Lerner entrusted Lerner with the proceeds of the sale for investment in the U. Lerner was hospitalized with bleeding ulcers while Loewe continued to have heart troubles. He then informed Webber that he wanted to leave the project as he was losing his memory (due to an undiagnosed brain tumor).

He won three Tony Awards and three Academy Awards among other honors. Alan Jay Lerner (August 31 1918 – June 14 1986) was an American lyricist and librettist.