41 Quotes by Artie Shaw

Benny Goodman plays the clarinet. I play music.

Any more would have been less.

The good old days are neither better nor worse than the ones we're living through right now.

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.

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?'

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

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.

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

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