George Gershwin

Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise.

I'm not a composer who happens to be a pianist; I'm a pianist who happens to be a composer.

True music must repeat itself. It cannot be great music otherwise.

I frequently hear music in the very heart of noise.

I often think of my music as a kind of emotional photography.

I'd like to write a symphony, but I don't know how to begin.

I regard music as a global language. It is understood by all.

Rhythm is the soul of music.

Jazz is a word invented by newspapermen. I don't know what it means.

I don't think there's any such thing as a Gershwin style. I just write what I feel.

My music is a reflection of the American spirit.

The composer's job is to make the audience feel something.

I'm always trying to find new ways to express myself through music.

I believe in inspiration, but I also believe in hard work.

Music, to me, is a spiritual experience.

I want to write music that will live forever.

The piano is my best friend.

I get my ideas from everywhere. From life, from people, from the city.

I don't write music for critics. I write it for people.

My greatest ambition is to write an opera that will be performed all over the world.