“It's an advantage having a limited output. When George Gershwin is asked to play his repertoire, he plays all evening. I just play "Lady Play Your Mandolin" and I'm through.”

— Oscar Levant

As quoted in Dancing in the Dark (1974), p. 61

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American comedian, composer, pianist and actor 1906–1972

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