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title: "88 Louis Armstrong Quotes by 72 authors"
description: "Browse 88 Louis Armstrong quotes by 72 authors. Discover the best Louis Armstrong sayings and thoughts."
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> [Louis Armstrong was really like my pops. He was very generous to my mom and I.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-uggams/louis-armstrong-was-really-like-my-pops-he-was-very-generous-to-my/)

[Leslie Uggams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-uggams/)

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> [Louis Armstrong playing trumpet on the Judgment Day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-stewart/louis-armstrong-playing-trumpet-on-the-judgment-day/)

[Al Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-stewart/)

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> [ \[Louis Armstrong\] was the only musician who ever lived, who can't be replaced by someone. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bing-crosby/louis-armstrong-was-the-only-musician-who-ever-lived-who-can-t-be/)

[Bing Crosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bing-crosby/)

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> [You can't play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn't played](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-davis/you-can-t-play-anything-on-a-horn-that-louis-armstrong-hasn-t-played/)

[Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-davis/)

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> [Louis Armstrong could only happen once - for ever and ever. I, for one, appreciate the ride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-hackett/louis-armstrong-could-only-happen-once-for-ever-and-ever-i-for-one/)

Bobby Hackett

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> [Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/louis-armstrong-is-jazz-he-represents-what-the-music-is-all-about/)

[Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/)

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> [If you don't like Louis Armstrong, you don't know how to love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahalia-jackson/if-you-don-t-like-louis-armstrong-you-don-t-know-how-to-love/)

[Mahalia Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahalia-jackson/)

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> [“If you have to ask what jazz is you will never know." Louis Armstrong”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-armstrong/if-you-have-to-ask-what-jazz-is-you-will-never-know-louis-armstrong/)

[Louis Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-armstrong/)

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> [Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a jazz pianist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-brubeck/do-you-think-duke-ellington-didn-t-listen-to-debussy-louis-armstrong/)

[Dave Brubeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-brubeck/)

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> [“Louis Armstrong on Mondays, Frank Sinatra on Wednesdays, Glenn Miller on Fridays, and Mozart on Sundays. Unless it was raining. If it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clare-vanderpool/louis-armstrong-on-mondays-frank-sinatra-on-wednesdays-glenn-miller/)

[Clare Vanderpool](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clare-vanderpool/)

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> [If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-ellington/if-anybody-was-mr-jazz-it-was-louis-armstrong-he-was-the-epitome-of-2/)

[Duke Ellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-ellington/)

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> [In my opinion, Louis Armstrong is the greatest trumpet stylist of all time and has influenced every trumpet player of his time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-hirt/in-my-opinion-louis-armstrong-is-the-greatest-trumpet-stylist-of-all/)

[Al Hirt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-hirt/)

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> [The whole point of Louis Armstrong is that no one can really figure him out. There was a while where I thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/the-whole-point-of-louis-armstrong-is-that-no-one-can-really-figure/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

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> [Growing up in San Diego, my main interests were the Beatles, Louis Armstrong, 'Star Wars,' baseball cards, and drawing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyle-mooney/growing-up-in-san-diego-my-main-interests-were-the-beatles-louis/)

[Kyle Mooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyle-mooney/)

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> [If you listen to Louis Armstrong from 1929, you will never hear anything better than that really, and you will never hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lacy/if-you-listen-to-louis-armstrong-from-1929-you-will-never-hear/)

[Steve Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lacy/)

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> [My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mose-allison/my-main-influences-have-always-been-the-classic-jazz-players-who-sang/)

[Mose Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mose-allison/)

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> [I started off working with Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Washington at 9. Then on to working with Elvis and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-uggams/i-started-off-working-with-louis-armstrong-and-ella-fitzgerald-and/)

[Leslie Uggams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-uggams/)

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> [More and more we are taught something throughout our growing up, our education, and continuously, no matter how much we believe in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/more-and-more-we-are-taught-something-throughout-our-growing-up-our/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [With someone like Cole Porter, Perry Como, Louis Armstrong, or Bessie Smith, you had people who understood emotion, could translate it into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-gardot/with-someone-like-cole-porter-perry-como-louis-armstrong-or-bessie/)

[Melody Gardot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-gardot/)

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> [The musicians, Duke Ellington, his thing was not about separating himself from the rest of America. Louis Armstrong - go to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/the-musicians-duke-ellington-his-thing-was-not-about-separating/)

[Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/)

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> [You ask: What is it that philosophers have called qualitative states? I answer, only half in jest: As Louis Armstrong said when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-block/you-ask-what-is-it-that-philosophers-have-called-qualitative-states-i/)

Ned Block

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> [Armstrong was the key creator of the mature working language of jazz. Three decades after his death and more than three-quarters of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/armstrong-was-the-key-creator-of-the-mature-working-language-of-jazz/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The greatness of America is that it produces exuberant geniuses like Louis Armstrong and Fred Astaire and Leonard Bernstein. We are meant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/the-greatness-of-america-is-that-it-produces-exuberant-geniuses-like/)

[Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/)

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> [I am black: I am the incarnation of a complete fusion with the world, an intuitive understanding of the earth, an abandonment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frantz-fanon/i-am-black-i-am-the-incarnation-of-a-complete-fusion-with-the-world/)

[Frantz Fanon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frantz-fanon/)

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> [My school music teacher, Al Bennest, introduced me to jazz by playing Louis Armstrong's record of "West End Blues" for me. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-crow/my-school-music-teacher-al-bennest-introduced-me-to-jazz-by-playing/)

[Bill Crow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-crow/)

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> [The guitar is a means of expressing music, When you get into the emotional side of it, then it's not the guitar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-byrd/the-guitar-is-a-means-of-expressing-music-when-you-get-into-the/)

[Charlie Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-byrd/)

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> [ There's no appreciation for the giants \[of jazz\]; there's never been a major film on Duke Ellington , never a major film… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-weston/there-s-no-appreciation-for-the-giants-of-jazz-there-s-never-been-a/)

[Randy Weston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-weston/)

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> [“Think of this: If it weren’t for greed, intolerance, hate, passion and murder, you would have no works of art, no great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-fforde/think-of-this-if-it-weren-t-for-greed-intolerance-hate-passion-and/)

[Jasper Fforde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-fforde/)

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> [I am black; I am in total fusion with the world, in sympathetic affinity with the earth, losing my id in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frantz-fanon/i-am-black-i-am-in-total-fusion-with-the-world-in-sympathetic/)

[Frantz Fanon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frantz-fanon/)

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> [I had a dream that Louis Armstrong was playing the 'Swept Away' melody. I have no idea where it came from. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-avett/i-had-a-dream-that-louis-armstrong-was-playing-the-swept-away-melody/)

[Scott Avett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-avett/)

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> [Once there was Louis Armstrong blowing his beautiful top in the muds of New Orleans; before him the mad musicians who had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/once-there-was-louis-armstrong-blowing-his-beautiful-top-in-the-muds/)

[Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/)

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> [“I'd like to hear five recordings of Louis Armstrong playing and singing "What Did I Do to Be so Black and Blue"-all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-ellison/i-d-like-to-hear-five-recordings-of-louis-armstrong-playing-and/)

[Ralph Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-ellison/)

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> [“The thing in jazz that will get Bix Beiderbecke out of his bed at two o’clock in the morning, pick that cornet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/the-thing-in-jazz-that-will-get-bix-beiderbecke-out-of-his-bed-at-two/)

[Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/)

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> [“We permit a new future to enter the room with these startling encounters. A young boy from Austin, Texas, Charles Black Jr.,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lewis/we-permit-a-new-future-to-enter-the-room-with-these-startling/)

[Sarah Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-lewis/)

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> [“ORIGIN OF JAZZ It was 1906. People were coming and going as usual along Perdido Street in a poor neighborhood of New…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-galeano/origin-of-jazz-it-was-1906-people-were-coming-and-going-as-usual/)

[Eduardo Galeano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-galeano/)

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> [“Billie Holiday Her imperfect life led to her becoming a legendary performer with a continuing influence on American music. Born Eleanora Fagan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-seawater-one/billie-holiday-her-imperfect-life-led-to-her-becoming-a-legendary/)

Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One

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> [I listen to jazz about three hours a day. I love Louis Armstrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-levine/i-listen-to-jazz-about-three-hours-a-day-i-love-louis-armstrong/)

[Philip Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-levine/)

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> [I do a very good impression of Louis Armstrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-lycett/i-do-a-very-good-impression-of-louis-armstrong/)

[Joe Lycett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-lycett/)

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> [The bottom line of any country is: what did we contribute to the world? We contributed Louis Armstrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-bennett/the-bottom-line-of-any-country-is-what-did-we-contribute-to-the-world/)

[Tony Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-bennett/)

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> [I try to improvise like Les Young, Louis Armstrong or someone else I admire. What comes out is what I feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-holiday/i-try-to-improvise-like-les-young-louis-armstrong-or-someone-else-i/)

[Billie Holiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-holiday/)

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                        "text": "“We permit a new future to enter the room with these startling encounters. A young boy from Austin, Texas, Charles Black Jr., stood and knew it when he was just sixteen years old, thinking he was going to a coed social at the Driskill Hotel in his hometown in 1931. It was a dance, the first in a session of four, yet he remained transfixed by an image that he had never seen before. The trumpet player, a jazz musician whom he had not heard of, performed largely with his eyes closed, sounding out notes, ideas, laments, sonnets, “that had never before existed,” he said. His music sounded like an “utter transcendence of all else created.” He was with a friend, a “ ‘good old boy’ from Austin High,” who sensed it too, and was troubled. It rumbled the ground underneath them. His friend stood a while longer, “shook his head as if clearing it,” as if prying himself out of the trance. But Charles Black Jr. was sure even then. The trumpeter, “Louis Armstrong, King of the Trumpet” as it turned out, “was the first genius I had ever seen,” Black said, and that genius was housed in the body of a man whom Black’s childhood world had denigrated. The moment was “solemn.” Black had been staring at “genius,” yes, “fine control over total power, all height and depth, forever and ever,” and also staring at the gulf created by “the failure to recognize kinship.” He felt that Armstrong, who played as if “guided by a Daemon,” all “power” and lyricism, “opened my eyes wide, and put to me a choice”—to keep to a small view of humanity or to embrace a more expanded vision—and once Black made that choice, he never turned back. This is what aesthetic force can do—create a clear line forward, and an alternate route to choose.”",
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                        "text": "“Billie Holiday Her imperfect life led to her becoming a legendary performer with a continuing influence on American music. Born Eleanora Fagan on April 7, 1015 she became a songwriter and jazz singer with an unmistakable vocal style. Although she had a limited range her delivery, tempo and natural skills, held the attention of a devoted following. Influenced by Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith her success as a pop singer with the Benny Goodman Band started with \"Riffin' the Scotch\", which sold 5,000 copies. She continued with Count Basie and Artie Shaw and was recognized throughout the 1930s and the 1940s with songs such as “I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm,” “What a Little Moonlight Can Do” and “God Bless the Child.” Plagued with abusive relationships, drug and alcohol addiction, and even a short prison sentence she still rose to the top of the charts. Her predictable deterioration and eventual death on July 17, 1959 was caused by cirrholis of the liver.”",
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                        "text": "I listen to jazz about three hours a day. I love Louis Armstrong.",
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