"I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt, She personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately and she would take a front table every night. The owner said yes. 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 – ahead of her times. And she didn’t know it." - Ella Fitzgerald