#gershwin

I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin. ↗

— Zooey Deschanel

#hart #i #i think #jazz #knowledge

I was always drawn to Broadway musicals, and obviously composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin and Porter were writing music that I found wildly impressive. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#berlin #broadway #broadway musicals #composers #drawn

When I got finished, Gershwin paid me the ultimate compliment. He said, 'Boy, even I couldn't do that.' ↗

— Burton Lane

#compliment #even #finished #gershwin #got

I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#cole porter #enough #first #five #george

Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#him #i #ira #mean #shame

Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#chip #dismiss #ellington #gershwin

I'm a fan of Jerome Kern and Gershwin. That's my kind of music. ↗

— Shirley Jones

#gershwin #i #kind #music

I totally related to Cole Porter's magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldn't drag them away from a piano. ↗

— Kevin Kline

#away #cole #doing #drag #famous

You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel. ↗

— Maurice Ravel

#end #first-rate #gershwin #instead #lose

As far as songwriters, I've always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#as far as #been #berlin #cole #cole porter