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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
Actor
Bandleader
Conductor
Film Actor
Film Score Composer
Jazz Musician
Musician
Radio Personality
Recording Artist
Singer
Songwriter
New Orleans
Louisiana
Satchmo
Pops
Louis Daniel Armstrong
Dipper
Blow
Jazz
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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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Jazz is what I play for a living.
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To jazz, or not to jazz, there is no question!
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You blows who you is.
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