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I don't need words. It's all in the phrasing.
Louis Armstrong
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Louis Armstrong
Age: 69 †
Born: 1901
Born: August 4
Died: 1971
Died: July 6
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As many bands as you heard [in New Orleans], that's how many bands you heard playing right. I thought I was in Heaven playing second trumpet in the Tuxedo Brass Band -- and they had some funeral marches that would just touch your heart, they were so beautiful.
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There are Two Secrets to Success: 1. Don't tell ANYONE Everything you know 2.If you have to ask what Jazz is, you'll never know.
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Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it.
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Musicians don't retire they stop when there's no more music in them.
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I'm a spade, you're an ofay. Let's play.
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To jazz, or not to jazz, there is no question!
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At first it was just a misdemeanor, but then you lost the mis-de and you just got meaner and meaner.
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If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.
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Red beans and ricely yours.
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It ain't whatcha say, it's the way howcha say it.
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You've got to be good or as bad as the devil.
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A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original.
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Never play anything the same way twice.
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All them weird chords which don't mean a thing...you got no melody to remember, and no beat to dance to
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Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans. When that's where you left your heart. The moonlight on the bayou a creole tune that fills the air. I dream about magnolias in bloom and I'm wishin' I was there.
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I don't let my mouth say nothin' my head can't stand.
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If ya ain't got it in ya, ya can't blow it out.
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You will never know what the meaning of Jazz is if ask what it means.
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Unless you know what it is I ain't never going to be able to explain it to you.
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When I go to the Gate, I'll play a duet with Gabriel. Yeah, we'll play 'Sleepy Time Down South' and 'Hello, Dolly!.' Then he can blow a couple that he's been playing up there all the time.
Louis Armstrong
