1.
I did all you can do with a clarinet. Any more would have been less.
Artie Shaw
2.
Listening to Benny [Goodman] talk about the clarinet was like listening to a surgeon get hung up on a scalpel.
Artie Shaw
3.
No birdcall is the musical equal of a clarinet blown with panache.
Edward Hoagland
4.
Benny Goodman plays the clarinet. I play music.
Artie Shaw
5.
You can sweat by not practicing or you can pick up your clarinet. There's good sweat and there's bad sweat.
Eric Maisel
6.
I've always liked using flutes and clarinets. Any time I can use those, I'm really happy.
A.C. Newman
7.
There are two instruments worse than a clarinet - two clarinets.
Ambrose Bierce