Artie Shaw Quotes

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• You have no idea of the women I didn't marry.
• If you wanna dance, a windshield wiper'll do it-all you need is a beat.
• If I could have done anything more, it would have been less
• 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…
• If you don’t see the wonder in the most ordinary phenomenon, you’re not going to resonate very much.
• Jazz was born out of the whiskey bottle, was raised on marijiana, and will expire on cocaine.
• '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…
• 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…
• It ["Begin the Beguine"] became such a hit that it superseded anything that any band had ever had.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…
• 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 than…
• 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 you…
• I was really running a music school back then, because my band wasn't making any money. I keep talking about money, because most people don't…
• That's the clarinet I used to use... but it's just a piece of wood, you know, with holes in it and they put these clumsy…
• Any more would have been less.
• I did all you can do with a clarinet. Any more would have been less.
• An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself.
• I like the music. I love it & live it in fact. But for me the business part of music just plain stinks.
• An artist should write for himself & not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away.
• 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…
• Shoot for the moon - if you miss you'll end up in the stars.

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