Louis Armstrong

We're going to see a lot more young people entering entrepreneurial ventures.

— Louis Armstrong

Jazz is what I play for a living.

— Louis Armstrong

Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.

— Louis Armstrong

White folks still in the lead.

— Louis Armstrong

To jazz, or not to jazz, there is no question!

— Louis Armstrong

Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mine, I look right into the heart of good old New Orleans.…

— Louis Armstrong

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,…

— Louis Armstrong

Musicians in my day had nicknames. My name was "Satchel Mouth," like a doctor's satchel. When I went to England this fellow…

— Louis Armstrong

I don't let my mouth say nothin' my head can't stand....

— Louis Armstrong

A lot of the musicians asked me if when I hit my high-Cs on the records I had a clarinet take the…

— Louis Armstrong

It's America's classical music ... this becomes our tradition ... the bottom line of any country in the world is what did…

— Louis Armstrong

Unless you know what it is I ain't never going to be able to explain it to you.

— Louis Armstrong

The way they are treating my people in the South, the government can go to hell!

— Louis Armstrong

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…

— Louis Armstrong

We don't play slow and we don't play fast, we play half fast

— Louis Armstrong

What we play is life.

— Louis Armstrong

“What is Jazz? Dude, if you have to ask, you'll never know.”

— Louis Armstrong

It makes you feel good, man, makes you forget all the bad things that happen to a Negro. It makes you feel…

— Louis Armstrong

“There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.”

— Louis Armstrong

“There's some folks, that, if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.”

— Louis Armstrong

“Man, if you have to ask what it [jazz] is, you’ll never know.”

— Louis Armstrong

Red beans and ricely yours.

— Louis Armstrong

If you still have to ask, shame on you

— Louis Armstrong

There is no such thing as 'on the way out' as long as you are still doing something interesting and good; you're…

— Louis Armstrong

“The Pope was such a fine little fella, you know.”

— Louis Armstrong