Always Quote by Dr. John

Louis Armstrong was really like my pops. He was very generous to my mom and I.

— Leslie Uggams

I saw Louis Armstrong perform at Albany State College on Radio Springs Road. He was probably the first famous individual I saw in concert.…

— Ray Stevens

The New York that Frank Sinatra sang about, people will never know that place. The New Orleans that Louis Armstrong sang about is the…

— Blake Lively

New Orleans. Born and raised. I lived there until I was 19.

— Patricia Clarkson

We used to go to the jazz fest in Kansas City. And my mother and father took me.

— David Steward

I was living in New York. Sometimes, our gang of musicians would go to Louis Armstrong's home and play records. It was a lesson,…

— Jimmy Scott

And I wound up in New Orleans for all those years and it was a great place, really a catalyst creatively.

— Jimmy Buffett

My dad was a musician and I traveled around with him, so it was something that I knew

— Taryn Manning

Twerking is definitely from New Orleans.

— Big Freedia

We moved around so much when I was a kid, the place I call home is New Orleans because at least I can remember…

— Stephen Stills

Once there was Louis Armstrong blowing his beautiful top in the muds of New Orleans; before him the mad musicians who had paraded on…

— Jack Kerouac

My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument.

— Bill Kreutzmann