"When jazz is played in another nation, it is called American. When it is played in another country, it sounds false. Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America."

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Source : Quoted in D Morgenstern Composers on Music (1958).

George Gershwin

#Country Quotes #America Quotes #Energy Quotes

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