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Louis Armstrong quotes: At first it was just a misdemeanor, but then you lost the "mis-de" and you just got meaner and meaner..

At first it was just a misdemeanor, but then you lost the "mis-de" and you just got meaner and meaner..

Louis Armstrong quotes: What a wonderful world.

What a wonderful world.

Louis Armstrong quotes: Not too slow, not too fast. Kind of like half-fast.

Not too slow, not too fast. Kind of like half-fast.

Louis Armstrong quotes: If you still have to ask, shame on you

If you still have to ask, shame on you

Louis Armstrong quotes: You got to love to be able to play

You got to love to be able to play

Louis Armstrong quotes: You've got to be good or as bad as the devil.

You've got to be good or as bad as the devil.

Louis Armstrong quotes: You either have it or you don't. You play your horn just like you sing a song or a hymn. If it's in your heart, you express yourself in the

You either have it or you don't. You play your horn just like you sing a song or a hymn. If it's in your heart, you express yourself in the tune.

Louis Armstrong quotes: Jazz is what I play for a living.

Jazz is what I play for a living.

Louis Armstrong quotes: To jazz, or not to jazz, there is no question!

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

Louis Armstrong quotes: If you have to ask what jazz is you will never know. Louis Armstrong

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

Louis Armstrong quotes: If it hadn't been for Jazz, there wouldn't be no rock and roll.

If it hadn't been for Jazz, there wouldn't be no rock and roll.

Louis Armstrong quotes: Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it.

Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it.

Louis Armstrong quotes: Love is talkative passion.

Love is talkative passion.

Louis Armstrong quotes: I'm a spade, you're an ofay. Let's play.

I'm a spade, you're an ofay. Let's play.

Louis Armstrong quotes: Red beans and ricely yours.

Red beans and ricely yours.

Louis Armstrong quotes: We all go Do, Re, Mi, but you've gotta find all the other notes yourself.

We all go Do, Re, Mi, but you've gotta find all the other notes yourself.

Louis Armstrong quotes: It's getting almost so bad a colored man hasn't got any country.

It's getting almost so bad a colored man hasn't got any country.

Louis Armstrong quotes: I've Got the World on a String,

I've Got the World on a String,

Louis Armstrong quotes: My whole life, my whole soul, my whole spirit is to blow that horn.

My whole life, my whole soul, my whole spirit is to blow that horn.

Louis Armstrong quotes: What we play is life.

What we play is life.

Louis Armstrong quotes: I don't get involved in politics. I just blow my horn.

I don't get involved in politics. I just blow my horn.

Louis Armstrong quotes: If ya ain't got it in ya, ya can't blow it out.

If ya ain't got it in ya, ya can't blow it out.

Louis Armstrong quotes: I don't need words. It's all in the phrasing.

I don't need words. It's all in the phrasing.

Louis Armstrong quotes: 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 me something to live for.

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 me something to live for.

Louis Armstrong quotes: There's some folks, that, if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.

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

Louis Armstrong quotes: There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell them.

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

Louis Armstrong quotes: We don't play slow and we don't play fast, we play half fast

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

Louis Armstrong quotes: All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.

All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.

Louis Armstrong quotes: If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

Louis Armstrong quotes: 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 it.

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 it.

Louis Armstrong quotes: I don't let my mouth say nothin' my head can't stand ...

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

Louis Armstrong quotes: Music is either good or bad, and it's got to be learned. You got to have balance.

Music is either good or bad, and it's got to be learned. You got to have balance.

Louis Armstrong quotes: Man, if you have to ask what it [jazz] is, you'll never know.

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

Louis Armstrong quotes: All them weird chords which don't mean a thing ... you got no melody to remember, and no beat to dance to

All them weird chords which don't mean a thing ... you got no melody to remember, and no beat to dance to

Louis Armstrong quotes: You will never know what the meaning of Jazz is if ask what it means.

You will never know what the meaning of Jazz is if ask what it means.

Louis Armstrong quotes: It ain't whatcha say, it's the way howcha say it.

It ain't whatcha say, it's the way howcha say it.

Louis Armstrong quotes: You blows who you is.

You blows who you is.

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

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

Louis Armstrong quotes: There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind.

There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind.

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

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

Louis Armstrong quotes: If you don't understand it, don't mess with it.

If you don't understand it, don't mess with it.

Louis Armstrong quotes: I had a chance to play with the best musicians that were coming through because I was pretty good myself or else they wouldn't have tolerated with me.

I had a chance to play with the best musicians that were coming through because I was pretty good myself or else they wouldn't have tolerated with me.

Louis Armstrong quotes: A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original.

A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original.

Louis Armstrong quotes: Never play a thing the same way twice.

Never play a thing the same way twice.

Louis Armstrong quotes: White folks still in the lead.

White folks still in the lead.

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

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

Louis Armstrong quotes: We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself.

We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself.

Louis Armstrong quotes: The best I can do is stay happy.

The best I can do is stay happy.

Louis Armstrong quotes: The Bright Blessed Day, the Dark Sacred Night

The Bright Blessed Day, the Dark Sacred Night

Louis Armstrong quotes: Don't do nothing halfway, else you find yourself dropping more than can be picked up.

Don't do nothing halfway, else you find yourself dropping more than can be picked up.

Louis Armstrong quotes: Each man has his own music bubbling up inside him.

Each man has his own music bubbling up inside him.

Louis Armstrong quotes: Never play anything the same way twice.

Never play anything the same way twice.

Louis Armstrong quotes: I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right - shame on you.

I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right - shame on you.