Artie Shaw Quotes


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.


Citations

Berman, Brigitte, director. Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got. Bridge Film Productions, 1985.

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Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw
  • Born: May 23, 1910
  • Died: December 30, 2004
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Musician, Bandleader, Composer

Artie Shaw was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor and author of both fiction and non-fiction.