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Louis Armstrong Quotes
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Man, if you gotta ask, you'll never know. (Response when asked to define jazz.)
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We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have to find the other notes yourself.
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The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back yard on a hot night or something said long ago.
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All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.
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Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.
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What we play is life.
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I never tried to prove nothing, just wanted to give a good show. 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 on the public. The main thing is to live for that audience, 'cause what you're there for is to please the people.
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Never play a thing the same way twice.
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There is two kinds of music the good and bad. I play the good kind.
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My whole life, my whole soul, my whole spirit is to blow that horn...
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I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right shame on you!
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All music is folk music, I ain't never heard no horse sing a song.
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I don't let my mouth say nothin' my head can't stand.
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When I go to the Gate, I'll play a duet with Gabriel. Yeah, we'll play 'Sleepy Time Down South' and 'Hello, Dolly!.' Then he can blow a couple that he's been playing up there all the time.
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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 because you're breathing.
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