An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself. — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
An artist should write for himself & not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away. — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
'Swing' is an adjective or a verb, not a noun. All jazz musicians should swing. There is no such thing as a… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
I think that band [Glenn Miller] was the beginning of the end. It was a mechanized version of what they called jazz… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
I like the music. I love it & live it in fact. But for me the business part of music just plain stinks. — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
I can't understand guys who just have to have your autograph. What do you do when you get home, take it out… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
I was really running a music school back then, because my band wasn't making any money. I keep talking about money, because… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
There's such a cynicism about the phrase 'I laughed all the way to the bank.' It's as though money is what you're… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
Dance music-as I keep saying, you can dance to a windshield wiper... a windshield wiper that's fairly steady gives you a beat… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
I wanted to resign from the planet, not just music. It stopped being fun with success. Money got in the way. Everybody… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
The bandleader is a musician trying to sell a mass commodity; and in order to do so successfully he must accommodate himself… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
Essentially, the popular musician in America must learn that his basic job is to entertain people, to make them forget their sorrows… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
I'm not conditioned to be an entertainer. An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself. The problem with… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
I'm not comfortable with categories, and I distrust most definitions. The word 'definition' is based on the word 'finite,' which would seem to indicate… — Artie Shaw Copy Share
It ["Begin the Beguine"] became such a hit that it superseded anything that any band had ever had. It was the first time that… — Artie Shaw Copy Share
Dance music-as I keep saying, you can dance to a windshield wiper... a windshield wiper that's fairly steady gives you a beat and all… — Artie Shaw Copy Share
I'm not conditioned to be an entertainer. An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself. The problem with that is… — Artie Shaw Copy Share
There's such a cynicism about the phrase 'I laughed all the way to the bank.' It's as though money is what you're doing, rather… — Artie Shaw Copy Share
People ask what those women saw in me. Let's face it, I wasn't a bad-looking stud. But that's not it. It's the music; it's… — Artie Shaw Copy Share
When I first met Benny Goodman he wouldn't talk about anything but clarinets, mouthpieces, reeds, etc. When I tried to change the subject, he… — Artie Shaw Copy Share
The bandleader is a musician trying to sell a mass commodity; and in order to do so successfully he must accommodate himself to mass… — Artie Shaw Copy Share
Listening to Benny [Goodman] talk about the clarinet was like listening to a surgeon get hung up on a scalpel. — Artie Shaw Copy Share
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