"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
source: Artie Shaw's commencement speech entitled 'Three Chords For Beauty And One To Pay The Rent', given to the graduates at California Lutheran University, 1987.
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Nat King Cole Quotes
"I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy." - Nat King Cole
Count Basie Quotes
"I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce it, '. Beware, the Count is Here.'" - Count Basie
Count Basie Quotes
"All I wanted was to be big, to be in show business and to travel... and that's what I've been doing all my life." - Count Basie
Buddy Rich Quotes
"But, when you have to resort to turntables, trick lights, flashing lights, fire and all that, you're actually saying, I need this because what I do is not all that together." - Buddy Rich
Billie Holiday Quotes
"There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up." - Billie Holiday
