--- title: "15 Ifs Quotes By Louis Armstrong" description: "15 Ifs quotes by Louis Armstrong. Plus more from Louis Armstrong and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/679/louis-armstrong-7258_ifs_if-it-hadn-t-been-for-jazz-there-wouldn_245505.png" --- > [If it hadn't been for Jazz, there wouldn't be no rock and roll.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/if-it-hadn-t-been-for-jazz-there-wouldn-t-be-no-rock-and-roll/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/679/louis-armstrong-7258_ifs_if-it-hadn-t-been-for-jazz-there-wouldn_245505.png) > [If you still have to ask, shame on you](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/if-you-still-have-to-ask-shame-on-you/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b07/louis-armstrong-7258_asks_if-you-still-have-to-ask-shame-on-you-24_2443696.png) > [If ya ain't got it in ya, ya can't blow it out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/if-ya-ain-t-got-it-in-ya-ya-can-t-blow-it-out/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/192/louis-armstrong-7258_blow_if-ya-ain-t-got-it-in-ya-ya-can-t-blow-i_571609.png) > [If you don't understand it, don't mess with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/if-you-don-t-understand-it-don-t-mess-with-it/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4b/louis-armstrong-7258_ifs_if-you-don-t-understand-it-don-t-mess-wi_2776304.png) > [There's only two ways to sum up music; either it's good or it's bad. If it's good you don't mess about it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/there-s-only-two-ways-to-sum-up-music-either-it-s-good-or-it-s-bad-if/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/louis-armstrong-7258_enjoy_there-s-only-two-ways-to-sum-up-music-ei_604456.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/there-are-two-secrets-to-success-1-don-t-tell-anyone-everything-you/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/louis-armstrong-7258_asks_there-are-two-secrets-to-success-1-don-t_1524180.png) > [You either have it or you don't. You play your horn just like you sing a song or a hymn. If it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/you-either-have-it-or-you-don-t-you-play-your-horn-just-like-you-sing/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/louis-armstrong-7258_express-yourself_you-either-have-it-or-you-don-t-you-play_2735608.png) > [A lot of the musicians asked me if when I hit my high-Cs on the records I had a clarinet take the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/a-lot-of-the-musicians-asked-me-if-when-i-hit-my-high-cs-on-the/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c7/louis-armstrong-7258_clarinet_a-lot-of-the-musicians-asked-me-if-when_2020402.jpg) > [My life has always been my music, it's always come first, but the music ain't worth nothing if you can't lay it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/my-life-has-always-been-my-music-it-s-always-come-first-but-the-music/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/253/louis-armstrong-7258_audience_my-life-has-always-been-my-music-it-s-al_2191697.png) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/seems-to-me-it-aint-the-world-that-s-so-bad-but-what-we-re-doin-to-it/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58e/louis-armstrong-7258_baby_seems-to-me-it-aint-the-world-that-s-so_1990161.png) > [If I don’t practice for a day, I know it. If I don’t practice for two days, the critics know it. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/if-i-don-t-practice-for-a-day-i-know-it-if-i-don-t-practice-for-two/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/802/louis-armstrong-7258_critics_if-i-don-t-practice-for-a-day-i-know-it_947216.png) > [You can't take it for granted. Even if we have two, three days off I still have to blow that horn a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/you-can-t-take-it-for-granted-even-if-we-have-two-three-days-off-i/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/814/louis-armstrong-7258_blow_you-can-t-take-it-for-granted-even-if-we_2835246.png) > [Even If I have two three days off, you still have to blow that horn. You have to keep up those chops...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/even-if-i-have-two-three-days-off-you-still-have-to-blow-that-horn/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc0/louis-armstrong-7258_blow_even-if-i-have-two-three-days-off-you-st_1372674.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/there-s-a-thing-i-ve-dreamed-of-all-my-life-and-i-ll-be-damned-if-it/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58b/louis-armstrong-7258_dies_there-s-a-thing-i-ve-dreamed-of-all-my-l_110715.png) > [Some of you young folks been saying to me, "Hey Pops, what you mean 'What a wonderful world'? How about all them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/some-of-you-young-folks-been-saying-to-me-hey-pops-what-you-mean-what/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45d/louis-armstrong-7258_baby_some-of-you-young-folks-been-saying-to-m_2979287.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Louis Armstrong > [The Brick House was one of the toughest joints I ever played in ... Guys would drink and fight one another like circle saws.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/the-brick-house-was-one-of-the-toughest-joints-i-ever-played-in-guys/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/as-many-bands-as-you-heard-in-new-orleans-that-s-how-many-bands-you/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/there-s-a-thing-i-ve-dreamed-of-all-my-life-and-i-ll-be-damned-if-it/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) > [ \[Bebop is\] Chinese music. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/bebop-is-chinese-music/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) > [I've Got the World on a String,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/i-ve-got-the-world-on-a-string/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) > [Seems to me it ain't the world that's so bad but what we're doing to it, and all I'm saying is: see what a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/seems-to-me-it-ain-t-the-world-that-s-so-bad-but-what-we-re-doing-to/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) > [Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/jazz-is-played-from-the-heart-you-can-even-live-by-it-always-love-it/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) > [The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky Are also on the faces of people goin' by I see friends shaking hands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/the-colors-of-the-rainbow-so-pretty-in-the-sky-are-also-on-the-faces/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) > [A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/a-lotta-cats-copy-the-mona-lisa-but-people-still-line-up-to-see-the/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) > [If it hadn't been for Jazz, there wouldn't be no rock and roll.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/if-it-hadn-t-been-for-jazz-there-wouldn-t-be-no-rock-and-roll/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) > [The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/the-memory-of-things-gone-is-important-to-a-jazz-musician/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) > [And I think to myself what a wonderful world. Oh, yeah…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/and-i-think-to-myself-what-a-wonderful-world-oh-yeah/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) > [You blows who you is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/you-blows-who-you-is/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/when-i-go-to-the-gate-i-ll-play-a-duet-with-gabriel-yeah-we-ll-play/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) > [It really puzzles me to see marijuana connected with narcotics . . . dope and all that crap. It's a thousand times better than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/it-really-puzzles-me-to-see-marijuana-connected-with-narcotics-dope/) [Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/louis-armstrong/#itemlist", "name": "15 Ifs Quotes By Louis Armstrong", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If it hadn't been for Jazz, there wouldn't be no rock and roll.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Louis Armstrong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/if-it-hadn-t-been-for-jazz-there-wouldn-t-be-no-rock-and-roll/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/679/louis-armstrong-7258_ifs_if-it-hadn-t-been-for-jazz-there-wouldn_245505.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/679/louis-armstrong-7258_ifs_if-it-hadn-t-been-for-jazz-there-wouldn_245505.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/679/louis-armstrong-7258_ifs_if-it-hadn-t-been-for-jazz-there-wouldn_245505.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If it hadn't been for Jazz, there wouldn't be no rock and roll.” — Louis Armstrong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you still have to ask, shame on you", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Louis Armstrong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/if-you-still-have-to-ask-shame-on-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b07/louis-armstrong-7258_asks_if-you-still-have-to-ask-shame-on-you-24_2443696.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b07/louis-armstrong-7258_asks_if-you-still-have-to-ask-shame-on-you-24_2443696.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b07/louis-armstrong-7258_asks_if-you-still-have-to-ask-shame-on-you-24_2443696.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you still have to ask, shame on you” — Louis Armstrong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If ya ain't got it in ya, ya can't blow it out.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Louis Armstrong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/if-ya-ain-t-got-it-in-ya-ya-can-t-blow-it-out/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/192/louis-armstrong-7258_blow_if-ya-ain-t-got-it-in-ya-ya-can-t-blow-i_571609.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/192/louis-armstrong-7258_blow_if-ya-ain-t-got-it-in-ya-ya-can-t-blow-i_571609.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/192/louis-armstrong-7258_blow_if-ya-ain-t-got-it-in-ya-ya-can-t-blow-i_571609.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If ya ain't got it in ya, ya can't blow it out.” — Louis Armstrong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you don't understand it, don't mess with it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Louis Armstrong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/if-you-don-t-understand-it-don-t-mess-with-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4b/louis-armstrong-7258_ifs_if-you-don-t-understand-it-don-t-mess-wi_2776304.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4b/louis-armstrong-7258_ifs_if-you-don-t-understand-it-don-t-mess-wi_2776304.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4b/louis-armstrong-7258_ifs_if-you-don-t-understand-it-don-t-mess-wi_2776304.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you don't understand it, don't mess with it.” — Louis Armstrong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's only two ways to sum up music; either it's good or it's bad. 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