“I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt … she personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him – and it was true, due to Marilyn’s superstar status – that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was there, front table, every night. The press went overboard. After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman – a little ahead of her times. And she didn’t know it.”
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![“[Marilyn Monroe] was a bit temperamental, a little diva-like, but she didn't deserve what she got.” quote by Debbie Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fa0/debbie-reynolds-1883_bits_marilyn-monroe-was-a-bit-temperamental-a_1886649.jpg)
![“Nobody else even approaches the trumpet like [Sweets Edison] does: Never too much and always plenty. He's the greatest trumpet player to play along with singers. He exactly knows how to play with you, how to answer you about what you just sang ... On top of that, he has some great sense of humor…” quote by Ella Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a39/ella-fitzgerald-13294_answers_nobody-else-even-approaches-the-trumpet_991999.jpg)
![“I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing up. Now that I'm an old, old veteran-age 29-I do things a lot differently. I don't go to the gentlemen's clubs anymore. I had to slow that down.” quote by Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/08f/shaquille-o-neal-659_age_i-failed-i-think-seven-or-eight-times-be_2731.jpg)
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