Louis Armstrong

jazz

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

—Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)

folk music horse song

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

—Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)

do re mi notes

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

—Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)

musician retire stop

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

—Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)

play life

"What we play is life."

—Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)

Mona Lisa copy cat original

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

—Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)

dead done

"When you're dead, you're done."

—Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)

music good bad mess enjoy

"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 (1901-1971)

jazz rock and roll

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

—Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)