Louis Armstrong Quotes

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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...

  Louis Armstrong

  Baby, Giving, Secret

  Spoken intro to "What a Wonderful World", 1970.

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• Don't do nothing halfway, else you find yourself dropping more than can be picked up.

  Louis Armstrong

  Finding Yourself, Dropping, Halfway

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  Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.

  Louis Armstrong

  Inspiring, Music, Retirement

  1968 Quoted in the Observer, 21 Apr.

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  Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mine, I look right into the heart of good old New Orleans. It has given me something to live for.

  Louis Armstrong

  Heart, Eye, New Orleans

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  If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

  Louis Armstrong

  Music, Jazz, Asks

  "Jazz Giants of the 20th Century/ Taglines". www.imdb.com. 2007.

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• Some of you young folks been saying to me, "Hey Pops, what you mean 'What a wonderful world'? How about all them wars all over the place? You call them wonderful? And how about hunger and pollution? That aint so wonderful either." Well how about listening to old Pops for a minute. 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, yeah. If lots more of us loved each other, we'd solve lots more problems. And then this world would be a gasser.

  Louis Armstrong

  Baby, War, Mean

  Spoken intro to "What a Wonderful World", 1970.

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  What we play is life.

  Louis Armstrong

  Music, Inspirational Life, Live Life

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• Each man has his own music bubbling up inside him.

  Louis Armstrong

  Inspirational, Men, Jazz And Life

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• If I don’t practice for a day, I know it. If I don’t practice for two days, the critics know it. And if I don’t practice for three days, the public knows it.

  Louis Armstrong

  Life, Music, Practice

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• My whole life, my whole soul, my whole spirit is to blow that horn.

  Louis Armstrong

  Music, Blow, Soul

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• I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right - shame on you.

  Louis Armstrong

  Inspirational, Relationship, Simple

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• And I think to myself what a wonderful world. Oh, yeah.

  Louis Armstrong

  Thinking, Light, Words Of Wisdom

  Song: What A Wonderful World

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• To jazz, or not to jazz, there is no question!

  Louis Armstrong

  Jazz, Jazz Music

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• A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original.

  Louis Armstrong

  Cat, People, Lines

  Alluding to his many imitators. Quoted in David Pickering Brewer's Twentieth Century Music (1994).

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• The best I can do is stay happy.

  Louis Armstrong

  Stay Happy, Can Do, I Can

  Source: blankonblank.org

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• The way they are treating my people in the South, the government can go to hell!

  Louis Armstrong

  Government, People, Way

  Louis Armstrong (1999). “Louis Armstrong, in His Own Words: Selected Writings”, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it.

  Louis Armstrong

  Music, Heart, Jazz

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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.

  Louis Armstrong

  Weed, Marijuana, Dope

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• You blows who you is.

  Louis Armstrong

  Music, Blow, Jazz

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• I don't let my mouth say nothin' my head can't stand.

  Louis Armstrong

  Mouths, Statistics, Parliament

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• There are Two Secrets to Success: 1. Don't tell ANYONE Everything you know 2.If you have to ask what Jazz is, you'll never know.

  Louis Armstrong

  Two, Secret, Jazz

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• All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.

  Louis Armstrong

  Funny, Music, Song

  Quoted in N.Y. Times, 7 July 1971

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• We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself.

  Louis Armstrong

  Music, African American, Jazz

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• Making money ain't nothing exciting to me. You might be able to buy a little better booze than the wino on the corner. But you get sick just like the next cat and when you die you're just as graveyard dead as he is.

  Louis Armstrong

  Cat, Sick, Littles

  "Louis Armstrong - The Reluctant Millionaire". "Ebony" Magazine, Vol. 20, No. 1, November 1964.

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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

  Louis Armstrong

  Nature, Blessed, Dark

  Song: What A Wonderful World

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