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It ain't whatcha say, it's the way howcha say it.
Louis Armstrong
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Louis Armstrong
Age: 69 †
Born: 1901
Born: August 4
Died: 1971
Died: July 6
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New Orleans
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Louis Daniel Armstrong
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If ya ain't got it in ya, ya can't blow it out.
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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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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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We don't play slow and we don't play fast, we play half fast
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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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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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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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Musicians don't retire they stop when there's no more music in them.
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You got to love to be able to play
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It's getting almost so bad a colored man hasn't got any country.
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I've Got the World on a String.
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I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right - shame on you.
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I'm a spade, you're an ofay. Let's play.
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Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it.
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The best I can do is stay happy.
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What we play is life.
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I don't let my mouth say nothin' my head can't stand.
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If you don't understand it, don't mess with it.
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