Armstrong Quote by Freddie Hubbard

Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about.

— Wynton Marsalis

I was interested in Armstrong to begin with because he is the most important figure in Jazz in the 20th Century. There's simply no…

— Terry Teachout

I listen to jazz about three hours a day. I love Louis Armstrong.

— Philip Levine

Louis Armstrong was the primary contributor to jazz music in the 20th century. His improvisational skills served as the principal model for all who…

— Ellis Marsalis, Jr

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

— Leslie Uggams

Louis Armstrong was about playing with soul and emotion, not about showing how technically brilliant he was.

— Melody Gardot

If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call…

— Duke Ellington

“If you have to ask what jazz is you will never know." Louis Armstrong”

— Louis Armstrong

Armstrong was the key creator of the mature working language of jazz. Three decades after his death and more than three-quarters of a century…

— Anonymous

If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call…

— Duke Ellington

I actually wanted to be a jazz musician first. My grandparents introduced me to Louis Armstrong. I loved Louis Armstrong so I took up…

— Douglas Booth

Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a jazz pianist who wasn't…

— Dave Brubeck