[on Ira Gershwin] When Paul Draper and I were starting out on our first concert tour - I was to play, and he to dance - I was living out in California, about three blocks away from Ira. The day I was to leave by train to meet Paul in Denver for our first engagement, I was pretty nervous, as you can imagine. The doorbell rang. It was Ira. he handed me a package, In it was some formal dresswear. Shirts, collars, bow ties, studs, waistcoats. He said, 'Larry, these belonged to George. You and he wore the same sizes, so I thought they might bring you some luck tonight'. The guy is some sort of angel.