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.
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
- 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.
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.
You have no idea of the women I didn't marry. - Artie Shaw
You have no idea of the women I didn't marry.
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…
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.
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 …
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…
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?' - Artie Shaw
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?'
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