An audience is in many respects no more than a mob under loose control. — Artie Shaw Audience Copy Share Image
The good old days are neither better nor worse than the ones we're living through right now. — Artie Shaw Good old days Copy Share Image
Jazz was born out of the whiskey bottle, was raised on marijiana, and will expire on cocaine. — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself. — Artie Shaw Art 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 Art Copy Share Image
If you wanna dance, a windshield wiper'll do it-all you need is a beat. — Artie Shaw Ballet Copy Share Image
“I don't know a damn thing. I don't know what it's about. The longer I live, the more mysterious life is.” — Artie Shaw Life 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
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
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 Baby 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
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 Banking 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… — 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
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
When I first met Benny Goodman he wouldn't talk about anything but clarinets, mouthpieces, reeds, etc. When I tried to change the… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
The distance between me and Benny [Goodman], was that I was trying to play a musical thing, and Benny was trying to… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
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… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
That's the clarinet I used to use... but it's just a piece of wood, you know, with holes in it and they… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
You run into a party and [a] woman comes up to you. She's the most beautiful creature you ever saw - Ava… — Artie Shaw Animals 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 Art 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 like the music. I love it & live it in fact. But for me the business part of music just plain stinks. — Artie Shaw Business Copy Share Image
Listening to Benny [Goodman] talk about the clarinet was like listening to a surgeon get hung up on a scalpel. — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
If you don’t see the wonder in the most ordinary phenomenon, you’re not going to resonate very much. — Artie Shaw Curiosity Copy Share Image
Somebody asked me once, 'Do you think that swing will ever come back?' And I said, 'Do you think the 1938 Ford… — Artie Shaw Inspirational 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 Autograph Copy Share Image
It ["Begin the Beguine"] became such a hit that it superseded anything that any band had ever had. It was the first… — 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 music. I still can't stand to listen to it.” quote by Artie Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/601/artie-shaw-18387_band_i-think-that-band-glenn-miller-was-the-b_1586971.png)
![“The distance between me and Benny [Goodman], was that I was trying to play a musical thing, and Benny was trying to swing. Benny had great fingers; I'd never deny that. But listen to our two versions of 'Star Dust.' I was playing; he was swinging.” quote by Artie Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/797/artie-shaw-18387_deny_the-distance-between-me-and-benny-goodma_1425310.png)
![“You run into a party and [a] woman comes up to you. She's the most beautiful creature you ever saw - Ava Gardner - and says, "I like you and why don't we get together?" What are you going to say, "No"? You'd have to be an idiot. She was an incredible creature.” quote by Artie Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f41/artie-shaw-18387_animals_you-run-into-a-party-and-a-woman-comes-u_2035432.jpg)
![“Listening to Benny [Goodman] talk about the clarinet was like listening to a surgeon get hung up on a scalpel.” quote by Artie Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f2b/artie-shaw-18387_clarinet_listening-to-benny-goodman-talk-about-th_1360964.png)
![“It ["Begin the Beguine"] became such a hit that it superseded anything that any band had ever had. It was the first time that a so-called swing band played something melodic and still gave it a beat.” quote by Artie Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/4f8/artie-shaw-18387_band_it-begin-the-beguine-became-such-a-hit-t_120311.png)