"I did all you can do with a clarinet. Any more would have been less." - Artie Shaw (when asked about the cause of his early retirement)
source: Interview with New York Times, 1994.
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Artie Shaw Quotes
"I was very uncomfortable, I played the role called Artie Shaw. People (ask) me for autographs, so I (say), 'I got out of the Artie Shaw business about 50 years ago.' That's why I walked out. I walked out of the business at my peak. I quit." - Artie Shaw
source: Interview with NPR (March 8, 2002)
source: Interview with NPR (March 8, 2002)
Nat Adderley Quotes
"I never heard of a jazz musician who retired. You love what you do, so what are you going to do? Play for the walls?" - Nat Adderley
Herbie Mann Quotes
"Why do you have to retire at 65? Why can't you start at 70? You know, like wine. Why can't music be that way? My new band, we're playing stuff that's never been done before." - Herbie Mann
Louis Armstrong Quotes
"Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them." - Louis Armstrong
