Louis Armstrong

What we play is life.

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

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

I don't know why people call me a jazz musician, I'm a entertainer.

There is no such thing as a bad note. Some notes are just more interesting than others.

Seems to me, the best way to get to know a person is to listen to their music.

All music is folk music. I ain't never heard no horse sing a song.

You blow to please yourself first, then you please the people.

I'm not a politician, I'm a musician.

It's a beautiful world, and I'm glad to be in it.

I never tried to prove nothing, just wanted to give a good show. My life has been my music, my music is my life.

Man, all that stuff I was playing was just a natural thing. I didn't know I was doing anything special.

I just want to play my horn, man.

Every time I close my eyes, I see a trumpet.

I'm just a cat that blows a horn.

My whole life, my whole soul, my whole heart is in my music.

I don't sing; I just talk with a melody.

You can't play anything on a horn that's not in your heart.

I'm just playing the music I feel.

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