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We are all queer fish, queerer behind our faces and voices than we want any one to know or than we know ourselves. — F Scott Fitzgerald

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

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

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

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

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

Friends come and go but banners hang forever. — Kobe Bryant

Can we only love
Something created in our own imaginations? — T. S. Eliot

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

Some switches must be flipped, and some children cannot help turning off to on and on to off, just to see what will happen. — Catherynne M Valente

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

Said I, "Not half an hour ago Your Mother has had alms of mine. — William Wordsworth

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

'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

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

Resolved to live with all my might while I do live, and as I shall wish I had done ten thousand years hence. — Jonathan Edwards

My boy, we are pilgrims in an unholy land. — Sean Connery

I think men are allowed to be fat and bald and ugly and women aren't. And it's just not - there is no equality there. — Connie Chung

Winning will make you famous. Losing means certain death. — Suzanne Collins

My public image is absolutely not a fair reflection of who I am. — Mario Balotelli

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

When the will is strong enough, it is astounding what one's mind can do. — S.R. Ford

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

Artie Shaw was way ahead of most clarinetists and most jazz players. — Buddy DeFranco

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

Happiness is when you're content with what you have and appreciate what you get with gratitude. — Debasish Mridha

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

Any more would have been less. — Artie Shaw

Benny Goodman plays the clarinet. I play music. — Artie Shaw

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

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