Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw
Artie Shawwas an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and actor. Also an author, Shaw wrote both fiction and non-fiction...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth23 May 1910
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
good-old-days old-days right-now
The good old days are neither better nor worse than the ones we're living through right now.
thinking definitions needs
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 that once we've defined something, we don't need to think about it anymore.
thinking swings said
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?'
music writing artist
An artist should write for himself & not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away.
running school talking
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 understand the part of money in running a band.
audience
An audience is in many respects no more than a mob under loose control.
music artist please
An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself.
done if-i-could ifs
If I could have done anything more, it would have been less
play firsts etc
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 said 'But that's what we have in common. We both play clarinet.' I said, 'No, Benny, that's where we're different. You play clarinet, I play music.'
music facts stink
I like the music. I love it & live it in fact. But for me the business part of music just plain stinks.
bottles whiskey jazz
Jazz was born out of the whiskey bottle, was raised on marijiana, and will expire on cocaine.
listening scalpels clarinet
Listening to Benny [Goodman] talk about the clarinet was like listening to a surgeon get hung up on a scalpel.
ideas funny-marriage no-idea
You have no idea of the women I didn't marry.
music clarinet has-beens
I did all you can do with a clarinet. Any more would have been less.