US composer.
He led the evolution of the popular song from the early ragtime and jazz eras through the golden age of musicals; wrote more than 800 pop songs.
Got no check books, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks - I got the sun in the mornin' and the moon at night."
Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.
"The world would not be in such a snarl, had Marx been Groucho instead of Karl."
Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it.
"Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies."
