Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin was a Russian-born naturalized American composer and lyricist, and one of the most prolific American songwriters in history. Berlin was one of the few Tin Pan Alley/Broadway songwriters who wrote both lyrics and music for his songs. Although he never learned to read music beyond a rudimentary level, with the help of various uncredited musical assistants or collaborators, he eventually composed over 3,000 songs, many of which (e.g. "God Bless America", "White Christmas", "Anything You Can Do", "There's No Business Like Show Business") left an indelible mark on American music and culture. He composed seventeen film scores and twenty-one Broadway scores.
“You're not sick you're just in love.”
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“Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.”
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“Life is 10 percent what you make itand 90 percent how you take it.”
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“You cannot make your shimmy shake on tea”
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“Got no checkbooks, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks - I've got the sun in the mornin' and the moon at night.”
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“Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it.”
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“Talent is only a starting point.”
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“The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.”
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“It's a lovely day todaySo whatever you've got to doYou've got a lovely day to do it in, that's trueAnd I hope whatever you've got to doIs something that can be done by twoFor I'd really like to stayIt's a lovely day todayAnd whatever you've got to doI'd be so happy to be doing it with youBut if you've got something that must be doneAnd it can only be done by oneThere is nothing more to sayExcept it's a lovely day for sayingIt's a lovely day!”
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“The world would not be in such a snarl, had Marx been Groucho instead of Karl.”
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“You can't write a song out of thin air you have to feel and know what you are writing about.”
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