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If ya ain't got it in ya, ya can't blow it out.
Louis Armstrong
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Louis Armstrong
Age: 69 †
Born: 1901
Born: August 4
Died: 1971
Died: July 6
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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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I don't let my mouth say nothin' my head can't stand.
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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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The best I can do is stay happy.
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It's getting almost so bad a colored man hasn't got any country.
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I don't need words. It's all in the phrasing.
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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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To jazz, or not to jazz, there is no question!
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Give me a kiss to build a dream on And my imagination will thrive upon that kiss Sweetheart, I ask no more than this A kiss to build a dream on.
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