Jerome Kern Inspirational Quotes (4)

Musical numbers should carry the action of the play and should be representative of the personalities of the characters who sing them.

Go on being uncommercial. There's a lot of money in it.

Irving Berlin has no place in American music -- he is American music.

The fact that the theatregoing public likes my music is no credit to me. There are many other composers who write better music that the public doesn't like.