Louis Armstrong
Father of jazz improvisation
Quotes by Louis Armstrong
I'm just trying to play my music and make people feel the love.
I'm just trying to play my music and make people feel the joy.
I'm just trying to play my music and make people feel the happiness.
I'm just trying to play my music and make people feel the good times.
I'm just trying to play my music and make people feel the good vibes.
I'm just trying to play my music and make people feel the groove.
I'm just trying to play my music and make people feel the swing.
There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.
I don't know if I'm a jazz musician or not. I'm a musician who plays jazz.
Seems to me that the people who are trying to make jazz into a museum piece are the ones who are killing it.
Man, all that stuff I was playing was just for fun. I didn't know it was going to be history.
You can't get to be a good musician by just playing. You gotta live.
I ain't never been no millionaire, but I've been around a lot of them.
There's no such thing as a bad note. Some notes are just more interesting than others.
I don't care about the critics. I just care about the people.
I'm not a politician. I'm a musician. I just play my horn.
If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn.
I'm just a cat who likes to play.
I never had a lesson in my life. I just picked up the horn and blew.
I don't sing; I just make sounds.