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I'm a spade, you're an ofay. Let's play.

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Louis Armstrong
Age: 69 †
Born: 1901
Born: August 4
Died: 1971
Died: July 6
Actor
Bandleader
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Film Actor
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Jazz Musician
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New Orleans
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Louis Daniel Armstrong
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At first it was just a misdemeanor, but then you lost the mis-de and you just got meaner and meaner.
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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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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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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.
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Don't do nothing halfway, else you find yourself dropping more than can be picked up.
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Musicians don't retire they stop when there's no more music in them.
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To jazz, or not to jazz, there is no question!
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As many bands as you heard [in New Orleans], that's how many bands you heard playing right. I thought I was in Heaven playing second trumpet in the Tuxedo Brass Band -- and they had some funeral marches that would just touch your heart, they were so beautiful.
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