Yip Harburg Quotes
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The greatest romance in the life of a lyricist is when the right word meets the right note; often, however, a Park Avenue phrase elopes with a Bleecker Street chord, resulting in a shotgun wedding and a quickie divorce.
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A Russian child asked his mother : "does God know we don't believe in Him?"
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They who meet on an April night are forever lost in love, if there's moonlight all about and there's no moon above.
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Follow the fellow who follows a dream.
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Say, it's only a paper moon, / Sailing over a cardboard sea.
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If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?
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This we learn from Watergate that almost any creep'll be glad to help the Government overthrow the people.
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It's a Barnum and Bailey world, Just as phony as it can be...
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Once I built a railroad; now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime?
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Ira [Gershwin] was the shyest, most diffident boy we had ever known. In a class of lower east side rapscallions, his soft-spoken gentleness and low-keyed personality made him a lovable incongruity. He spoke in murmurs, hiding behind a pair of steel-rimmed glasses..Ira had a kid brother who wore high stiff collars, shirts with cuffs and went out with girls.
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When the idle poor, Become the idle rich, You'll never know, Just who is who, Or who is which.
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Leave the atom alone.
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Songs are the pulse of a nation's heart. A fever chart of its health.
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Music gives 'wings' to words.
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As the writer of the lyric of the song 'God's Country,' I am outraged by the suggestion that somehow I am connected with, believe in, or am sympathetic with Communist or totalitarian philosophy.
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Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead.
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There ought to be a law against necessity.
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I am a rebel by birth... I contest anything that is unjust, that causes suffering in humanity. My feelings about that are so strong, I don't think I could live with myself if I weren't honest.
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The world would be a safer place, If someone had a plan, Before exploring outer space, To find the inner man.
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My whole family has been having trouble with immigrants ever since we came to this country.
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When I'm not near the girl I love, I love the girl I'm near.
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For what we are about to receive, Oh Lord 'tis Thee we thank,' said the cannibal as he cut a slice off the missionary's shank.
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Oh, innocent victims of Cupid, remember this terse little verse: To let a fool kiss you is stupid. To let a kiss fool you is worse.
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The Lord made Adam, the Lord made Eve, he made 'em both a little bit naive.
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Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.
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April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees.
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How are things in Glocca Mora this fine day?
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When the melody touches your heart emotionally and the words hit your brain intellectually, more than likely you'll find you'll have an excellent song to sing.
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No matter how high or great the throne, What sits on it is the same as your own.
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Lives of great men all remind us, Greatness takes no easy way, All the heroes of tomorrow, Are the heretics of today. Socrates and Galileo, John Brown, Thoreau, Christ, and Debs, Heard the night cry "Down with traitors!" And the dawn shout "Up the rebs!"
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