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Louis Armstrong
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Louis Armstrong
Age: 69 †
Born: 1901
Born: August 4
Died: 1971
Died: July 6
Actor
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Satchmo
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Louis Daniel Armstrong
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I see trees of green, red roses too. I see them bloom for me and you. And I think to myself what a wonderful world. I see skies of blue and clouds of white. The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night. And I think to myself what a wonderful world
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You blows who you is.
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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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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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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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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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I'm a spade, you're an ofay. Let's play.
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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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What we play is life.
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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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Don't do nothing halfway, else you find yourself dropping more than can be picked up.
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It makes you feel good, man, makes you forget all the bad things that happen to a Negro. It makes you feel wanted, and when you're with another tea smoker, it makes you feel a special kinship.
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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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A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original.
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I don't let my mouth say nothin' my head can't stand.
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Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it.
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White folks still in the lead.
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