IRVING BERLIN QUOTES

American composer & lyricist (1888-1989)

Irving Berlin quote

A pretty girl is like a melody
That haunts you night and day.

IRVING BERLIN

"A Pretty Girl is like a Melody"


I'll wager my life there are millions of men
Who wish that their wives were their sweethearts again

IRVING BERLIN

"After the Honeymoon"


If you're blue and you don't know,
Where to go to, why don't you go,
Where fashion sits?
Putting On The Ritz.

IRVING BERLIN

"Puttin' on the Ritz"


Manhattan madness
You've got me at last
I'm like a fly upon a steeple
Watching seven million people

IRVING BERLIN

"Manhattan Madness"


I'm dreaming of a white Christmas,
Just like the ones I used to know.

IRVING BERLIN

White Christmas

Tags: Christmas


I lost the sunshine and roses,
I lost the heavens so blue,
I lost the beautiful rainbow,
I lost the morning dew.
I lost the angel who gave me
Summer the whole winter through,
I lost the gladness that turned into sadness
When I lost you.

IRVING BERLIN

"When I Lost You"


Manhattan madness
You're going too fast
I'm like a baby on a rocker
Watching Father Knickerbocker
Being busy
I'm getting dizzy

IRVING BERLIN

"Manhattan Madness"


Brahms writes music. I just write songs.

IRVING BERLIN

obituary, The Independent, September 25, 1989


The snow is snowing and the wind is blowing
But I can weather the storm!
What do I care how much it may storm?
For I've got my love to keep me warm

IRVING BERLIN

"I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm"


The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You've got to keep on working that talent. Someday I'll reach for it and it won't be there.

IRVING BERLIN

Theatre Arts, February 1958

Tags: success


I don't care who takes you to the party, baby ... long as I can take you home.

IRVING BERLIN

"Long as I Can Take You Home"


God bless America,
Land that I love,
Stand beside her and guide her
Thru the night with a light from above.
From the mountains to the prairies,
To the oceans white with foam,
God bless America,
My home sweet home.

IRVING BERLIN

"God Bless America"

Tags: America


After you get what you want you don't want it.

IRVING BERLIN

"After You Get What You Want (You Don't Want It)"


There may be trouble ahead,
But while there's moonlight and music and love and romance,
Let's face the music and dance.

IRVING BERLIN

"Let's Face the Music and Dance"


Music is a language lovers understand
Melody and romance wander hand in hand
Cupid never fails assisted by a band
So if you have something sweet to tell her
Say it with music

IRVING BERLIN

"Say It With Music"

Tags: music


Love leads to marriage, that leads to divorce
That leads to lawyers, expensive, of course
Private detectives who watch all your moves
That leads to charges which nobody proves
If there are children you hear from the court
Father can't see them but pays their support
Love is the start of it, I want no part of it
Love leads to marriage, divorce and to lawyers
Detectives and charges, supporting love children
A youngster in school falls
And only a fool falls
In love

IRVING BERLIN

"Love Leads to Marriage"


Anything you can do, I can do better,
I can do anything better than you.

IRVING BERLIN

"Anything You Can Do"


Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.

IRVING BERLIN

Vogue, November 1, 1962


There's no business like show business.

IRVING BERLIN

Annie Get Your Gun

Tags: show business


The song is ended,
But the melody lingers on.

IRVING BERLIN

"The Song Is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On)"