You see, pops, that's the kind of talk that's ruining the music. Everyone's trying to do something new, no one trying to learn the fundamentals first. All them young cats playing their wierd chords. And what happens? No one's working. — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
The Brick House was one of the toughest joints I ever played in ... Guys would drink and fight one another like circle saws.… — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
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… — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
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… — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
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… — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it. — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky Are also on the faces of people goin' by I see friends shaking hands… — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original. — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
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