Louis Armstrong is quite simply the most important person in American music. He is to 20th century music (I did not say… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
Another inspiration that has helped me get through has been Lance Armstrong's story. My cancer is not nearly as bad as his,… — Grete Waitz Copy Share Image
Intimate singing had a wonderful style in the '30s and '40s. It came out of Broadway and the jazz of Louis Armstrong… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
When I was a young man, I shined the shoes of Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan! Music was just everywhere like that.… — Chuck Brown Copy Share Image
Benny Goodman's band was integrated before baseball. Even before it was physically integrated, music was integrated. Everyone listened to Armstrong and Ellington.… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
'2001' was written in an age which now lies beyond one of the great divides in human history; we are sundered from… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Neil Armstrong was probably one of the most human guys I've ever known in my life. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max… — Abbey Lincoln Copy Share Image
Fate has ordained that the men who went to the Moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Everyone should take their hats off to Neil Armstrong. He is a humble guy who doesn't wave his own flag. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, the three astronauts from Apollo 11 visited the White House. Neil Armstrong and… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden. — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
I am surprised nothing has been made of the fact that astronaut Neil Armstrong carried no sidearms when he landed on the… — Arthur Goldberg Copy Share Image
If you want something bad enough, you've got to make a bold move. George Washington, took on the British Empire. Neil Armstrong… — Christopher Titus Copy Share Image
If the American taxpayer knew how much they paid per person to put Neil Armstrong on the moon they would never have… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
I've always loved airplanes and flight. The space program was really important to me as a kid. I still have a photo… — Bill Nye Copy Share Image
The greatness of America is that it produces exuberant geniuses like Louis Armstrong and Fred Astaire and Leonard Bernstein. We are meant… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
The soles of Neil Armstrong's boots on the moon made permanent impressions on our souls and in our national psyche. Ann and… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
I think I copied my style from Louis Armstrong. Because I used to like the big volume and the big sound that… — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
Lance Armstrong pushes the envelope in terms of the human experience. You can have a personal best, you can push your own… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
The bottom line of any country is: what did we contribute to the world? We contributed Louis Armstrong. — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
Apollo 11 was the movie premiere of moon landings, with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Neil was a bit of a mystic,… — Lily Koppel Copy Share Image
Carl Armstrong was one of those people in the anti-war years who had been so convinced of the righteousness of their cause… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I always respected Neil Armstrong highly. He was probably the coolest under pressure of anyone I ever had the privilege of flying… — Charles Duke Copy Share Image
