Lucy, Desi and Desi Jr. visiting the Dallas Forth-Worth area in February 1956.
She said, ‘I want you to have an ‘A-R’ in your name.’ I said, ‘A-R?’ She said, ‘Yes, that’s my good luck.’ I said, ‘You haven’t done badly with Lucille Ball.’ ‘I didn’t hit it big until I changed it to Arnaz.’
“Lucy had a quality which was rare; you can count the women who have had it on the fingers of one hand. While doing the wild antics of a clown, disheveled, rain-soaked, disregarding how she looked even with mud all over her, could make you laugh, and yet at the same time make you want to go to bed with her.”
- Desi Arnaz, A Book
Desi was the great love of my life. I will miss him until the day I die. - Lucille Ball
When we got married, nobody gave it more than two weeks. There were bets all over the country, with astronomical odds against us. - Desi Arnaz
