'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 music. Artie Shaw More Quotes by Artie Shaw More Quotes From Artie Shaw 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. Artie Shaw running talking school 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 it? Artie Shaw music guy home 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. Artie Shaw swings distance stars The bandleader is a musician trying to sell a mass commodity; and in order to do so successfully he must accommodate himself to mass standards. Unless he can do this comfortably, sooner or later he is sunk. Artie Shaw musician trying order Benny Goodman plays the clarinet. I play music. Artie Shaw goodman clarinet play It ["Begin the Beguine"] became such a hit that it superseded anything that any band had ever had.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 so-called swing band played something melodic and still gave it a beat. Artie Shaw swings band firsts 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. Artie Shaw jazz band thinking I'm not conditioned to be an entertainer. An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself. The problem with that is artists are misunderstood by all. I'm not interested in the clarinet but in music. we speak our emotions into music. An artist should write for himself and not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away. My situation is the same. Let them concentrate on my music and not on me. I like the music. I love it and live it, in fact. But for me, the business part of music just plain stinks. Artie Shaw misunderstood artist writing I wanted to resign from the planet, not just music. It stopped being fun with success. Money got in the way. Everybody got greedy, including me. Fear set in. I got miserable when I became a commodity. Artie Shaw miserable fun way 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 playing music. If you're playing a money game, why not get into banking? Artie Shaw playing-music why-not games Shoot for the moon - if you miss you'll end up in the stars. Artie Shaw end you stars moon You have no idea of the people I didn't marry. Artie Shaw marry you no-idea people
