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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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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.
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Seems to me, it aint the world that's so bad but what we're doin' to it. And all I'm saying is, see, what a wonderful world it would be if only we'd give it a chance. Love baby, love. That's the secret...
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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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I'm a spade, you're an ofay. Let's play.
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Don't do nothing halfway, else you find yourself dropping more than can be picked up.
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I've Got the World on a String.
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You will never know what the meaning of Jazz is if ask what it means.
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What we play is life.
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The best I can do is stay happy.
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There's only two ways to sum up music either it's good or it's bad. If it's good you don't mess about it, you just enjoy it.
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It really puzzles me to see marijuana connected with narcotics dope and all of that stuff. It is a thousand times better than whiskey. It is an assistant and a friend.
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White folks still in the lead.
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You blows who you is.
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Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it.
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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 see, pops, that's the kind of talk that's ruining the music. Everyone's trying to do something new, no one trying to learn the fundamentals first. All them young cats playing their wierd chords. And what happens? No one's working.
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I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right - shame on you.
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