"You run into a party and [a] woman comes up to you. She's the most beautiful creature you ever saw — Ava Gardner — and says, "I like you and why don't we get together?" What are you going to say, "No"? You'd have to be an idiot. She was an incredible creature." - Artie Shaw
source: Artie Shaw, the Reluctant 'King of Swing', 2002/03/08
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