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George Gershwin [1898-1937] American

Rank: 101
Composer (with music)
Modern, Jazz

George Jacob Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known.

Music, Alone, Best, Life

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Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise.	Best, Life	101
True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time.	Music	102
I frequently hear music in the very heart of noise.	Music	103
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.		104
All great composers of the past spent most of their time studying. Feeling alone won't do the job. A man also needs technique.	Alone	105
Why should I limit myself to only one woman when I can have as many women as I want?		106
I want to say at once that I frankly believe that Irving Berlin is the greatest songwriter that has ever lived.... His songs are exquisite cameos of perfection, and each one of them is as beautiful as its neighbor. Irving Berlin remains, I think, America's Schubert.		107
Writing music is not so much inspiration as hard work.		108
When I'm in my normal mood, music drips from my fingers.		109
It took me three weeks to write the 'Rhapsody in Blue.' I had always wanted to write something blue and Paul Whiteman inspired.		110
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.		111
It is always possible to create something original.		112
Upper berth, lower berth, that's the difference between talent and genius.		113
The extraordinary thing about my mother, she's so modest about me.		114

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