Louis Armstrong Quotes, Thoughts and Images

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

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

What we play is life.

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

Each man has his own music bubbling up inside him.

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

And I think to myself what a wonderful world. Oh, yeah.

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

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

The best I can do is stay happy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

You got to love to be able to play

Never play anything the same way twice.

There are Two Secrets to Success: 1. Don't tell ANYONE Everything you know 2.If you have to ask what Jazz is, you'll never know.

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

You blows who you is.

You blows who you is.

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

When you're dead, you're done.

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

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

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.

Love is talkative passion.

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

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.