A biography for Ira Gershwinhasn’t been written yet.
“A song without music is a lot like H2 without the O.”
“Life is one long jubilee.”
“One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them.”
“Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.”
“Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair.”
“Love is sweeping the country.”