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Never play anything the same way twice.
Louis Armstrong
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Louis Armstrong
Age: 69 †
Born: 1901
Born: August 4
Died: 1971
Died: July 6
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Louis Daniel Armstrong
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Musicians don't retire they stop when there's no more music in them.
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You've got to be good or as bad as the devil.
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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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