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.
You have no idea of the women I didn't marry. - Artie Shaw
You have no idea of the women I didn't marry.
- Artie Shaw
If you wanna dance, a windshield wiper'll do it-all you need is a beat. - Artie Shaw
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 - Artie Shaw
If I could have done anything more, it would have been less
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 keys on it and you're suppos… - Artie Shaw
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 keys on it and you're suppos…
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 need is an … - Artie Shaw
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 need is an …
I like the music. I love it & live it in fact. But for me the business part of music just plain stinks. - Artie Shaw
I like the music. I love it & live it in fact. But for me the business part of music just plain stinks.
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 standing up there under th… - Artie Shaw
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 standing up there under th…
The good old days are neither better nor worse than the ones we're living through right now. - Artie Shaw
The good old days are neither better nor worse than the ones we're living through right now.
Listening to Benny [Goodman] talk about the clarinet was like listening to a surgeon get hung up on a scalpel. - Artie Shaw
Listening to Benny [Goodman] talk about the clarinet was like listening to a surgeon get hung up on a scalpel.
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