Artie Shaw quotes: wise famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Artie Shaw

Artie Shaw quotes: I like the music. I love it & live it in fact. But for me the business part of music just plain stinks.

I like the music. I love it & live it in fact. But for me the business part of music just plain stinks.

Artie Shaw quotes: An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself.

An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself.

Artie Shaw quotes: Somebody asked me once, 'Do you think that swing will ever come back?' And I said, 'Do you think the 1938 Ford will ever come back?'

Somebody asked me once, 'Do you think that swing will ever come back?' And I said, 'Do you think the 1938 Ford will ever come back?'

Artie Shaw quotes: Jazz was born out of the whiskey bottle, was raised on marijiana, and will expire on cocaine.

Jazz was born out of the whiskey bottle, was raised on marijiana, and will expire on cocaine.

Artie Shaw quotes: An artist should write for himself & not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away.

An artist should write for himself & not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away.

Artie Shaw quotes: If you wanna dance, a windshield wiper'll do it-all you need is a beat.

If you wanna dance, a windshield wiper'll do it-all you need is a beat.

Artie Shaw quotes: If you don't see the wonder in the most ordinary phenomenon, you're not going to resonate very much.

If you don't see the wonder in the most ordinary phenomenon, you're not going to resonate very much.

Artie Shaw quotes: If I could have done anything more, it would have been less

If I could have done anything more, it would have been less

Artie Shaw quotes: Benny Goodman plays the clarinet. I play music.

Benny Goodman plays the clarinet. I play music.

Artie Shaw quotes: Any more would have been less.

Any more would have been less.

Artie Shaw quotes: I did all you can do with a clarinet. Any more would have been less.

I did all you can do with a clarinet. Any more would have been less.

Artie Shaw quotes: An audience is in many respects no more than a mob under loose control.

An audience is in many respects no more than a mob under loose control.

Artie Shaw quotes: I can't understand guys who just have to have your autograph. What do you do when you get home, take it out & look at it?

I can't understand guys who just have to have your autograph. What do you do when you get home, take it out & look at it?

Artie Shaw quotes: Listening to Benny [Goodman] talk about the clarinet was like listening to a surgeon get hung up on a scalpel.

Listening to Benny [Goodman] talk about the clarinet was like listening to a surgeon get hung up on a scalpel.

Artie Shaw quotes: You have no idea of the people I didn't marry.

You have no idea of the people I didn't marry.

Artie Shaw quotes: Shoot for the moon - if you miss you'll end up in the stars.

Shoot for the moon - if you miss you'll end up in the stars.

Artie Shaw quotes: 'Swing' is an adjective or a verb, not a noun. All jazz musicians should swing. There is no such thing as a 'swing band' in music.

'Swing' is an adjective or a verb, not a noun. All jazz musicians should swing. There is no such thing as a 'swing band' in music.

Artie Shaw quotes: You have no idea of the women I didn't marry.

You have no idea of the women I didn't marry.