I was relieved when the Crash came. I was released. Being in business was something I detested. When I found that I could sell a song or a poem, I became me, I became alive. Other people didn’t see it that way. They were throwing themselves out of windows.


Harburg was relieved when the crash occurred because

Ait allowed him to become a man of leisure who did not have to work anymore.

Bit forced him out of his comfort zone and into a brand new environment.

Cit was easier to write songs about the Depression than about prosperity.

Dit gave him the opportunity to develop and profit from his creativity.