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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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More quotes by Louis Armstrong
Musicians don't retire they stop when there's no more music in them.
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If ya ain't got it in ya, ya can't blow it out.
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What we play is life.
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You got to love to be able to play
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We don't play slow and we don't play fast, we play half fast
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Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it.
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I'm a spade, you're an ofay. Let's play.
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You will never know what the meaning of Jazz is if ask what it means.
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There's a thing I've dreamed of all my life, and I'll be damned if it don't look like it's about to come true-to be King of the Zulu's parade. After that, I'll be ready to die.
Louis Armstrong
Jazz is what I play for a living.
Louis Armstrong
A lot of the musicians asked me if when I hit my high-Cs on the records I had a clarinet take the notes. Some [thought] I had invented some kind of gadget so I could play high register. They weren't satisfied until they handed me a trumpet that they had with them and had me swing it. Then they cheered.
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If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.
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It's America's classical music ... this becomes our tradition ... the bottom line of any country in the world is what did we contribute to the world? ... we contributed Louis Armstrong
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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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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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It ain't whatcha say, it's the way howcha say it.
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I've Got the World on a String.
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If you don't understand it, don't mess with it.
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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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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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