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

Quote by Joni Mitchell

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I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to...

I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to...

You know, Neil Young is singing Rock n' roll will never die, and Neil never...

You know, Neil Young is singing Rock n' roll will never die, and Neil never...

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be...

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be...

When I think of your kisses my mind see-saws.

When I think of your kisses my mind see-saws.

I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.

I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.

No one likes to have less than they had before. That's the nature of the...

No one likes to have less than they had before. That's the nature of the...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

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

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

You have this mounting aggressive ignorance with the rabbit's foot of their particular religion. You...

You have this mounting aggressive ignorance with the rabbit's foot of their particular religion. You...

I hate show business.

I hate show business.

I can't remember anything I ever wrote.

I can't remember anything I ever wrote.

I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I don't see it having lyrics....

I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I don't see it having lyrics....

Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a...

Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a...

With a painting, you don't have to go back and paint it again.

With a painting, you don't have to go back and paint it again.

There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some...

There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some...

We managed to put together a compilation that had some creativity to it. In the...

We managed to put together a compilation that had some creativity to it. In the...

We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes...

We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes...

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.

Dictatorship is a constant lecture instructing you that your feelings, your thoughts and desires are...

Dictatorship is a constant lecture instructing you that your feelings, your thoughts and desires are...

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve...

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve...