Famous quotes containing the words gershwin and/or musical:
“De t’ings dat yo’ li’ble
To read in de Bible—
It ain’t necessarily so.”
—Ira Gershwin (1896–1983)
“Sometimes a musical phrase would perfectly sum up
The mood of a moment. One of those lovelorn sonatas
For wind instruments was riding past on a solemn white horse.
Everybody wondered who the new arrival was.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)