“Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Bluebirds fly. Birds fly Over The Rainbow. Why then, oh why can't I? If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why cant I?”— Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf, Dorothy Gale, Judy Garland, imdb.com
“It works because the song is beautiful. The lyrics are about the longing to be free.”— Gilbert Baker, miamiherald.com