All Louis Armstrong Quotes
- I don't let my mouth say nothin' my head can't stand.... Funny
- A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original. Cat
- I've Got the World on a String, Inspirational
- Jazz is what I play for a living. Inspirational
- To jazz, or not to jazz, there is no question! Funny
- When you're dead, you're done. Dead
- And I think to myself what a wonderful world. Oh, yeah.... Oh
- [Bebop is] Chinese music. Bebop
- 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, you just enjoy… Bad
- 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… Able
- I'm a spade, you're an ofay. Let's play. Inspirational
- 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… Blowing
- Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans. When that's where you left your heart. The moonlight on the bayou a creole tune… Air
- All them weird chords which don't mean a thing...you got no melody to remember, and no beat to dance to All
- It ain't whatcha say, it's the way howcha say it. Communication
- 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 King… All
- Even If I have two three days off, you still have to blow that horn. You have to keep up those chops... I have to… Blow
- Music is either good or bad, and it's got to be learned. You got to have balance. Bad
- I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right - shame on you. Attitude
- 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 second… Band
- It makes you feel good, man, makes you forget all the bad things that happen to a Negro. It makes you feel wanted, and when… All
- We don't play slow and we don't play fast, we play half fast Fast
- White folks still in the lead. Folks
- There is no such thing as 'on the way out' as long as you are still doing something interesting and good; you're in the business… Breathing
- Each man has his own music bubbling up inside him. Bubbling