Louis Armstrong

Music American 1901 – 1971 304 quotes

Father of jazz improvisation

Quotes by Louis Armstrong

I'm just trying to play my music and make people feel the love.

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I'm just trying to play my music and make people feel the joy.

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I'm just trying to play my music and make people feel the happiness.

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I'm just trying to play my music and make people feel the good times.

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I'm just trying to play my music and make people feel the good vibes.

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I'm just trying to play my music and make people feel the groove.

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I'm just trying to play my music and make people feel the swing.

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There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.

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I don't know if I'm a jazz musician or not. I'm a musician who plays jazz.

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Seems to me that the people who are trying to make jazz into a museum piece are the ones who are killing it.

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Man, all that stuff I was playing was just for fun. I didn't know it was going to be history.

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You can't get to be a good musician by just playing. You gotta live.

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I ain't never been no millionaire, but I've been around a lot of them.

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

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I don't care about the critics. I just care about the people.

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I'm not a politician. I'm a musician. I just play my horn.

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If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn.

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I'm just a cat who likes to play.

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I never had a lesson in my life. I just picked up the horn and blew.

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I don't sing; I just make sounds.

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