Louis Armstrong

I'm not afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.

I'm a happy man, and I'm grateful for everything.

Every day is a new day, and I'm ready for it.

I'm just trying to leave something behind.

The blues is a feeling, not just a song.

I've seen a lot of things in my life, and I've learned a lot.

My music is my legacy.

I just want to make the world a better place with my music.

I don't care if I'm a clown or a musician. I'm an entertainer.

Seems to me that the people who are trying to make it in the world today are the ones who are out there doing something, not just sitting around talking about it.

You can't please everybody, so you got to please yourself.

I don't know nothing about politics. I just know what's right and what's wrong.

My whole life, my whole soul, my whole being has been devoted to music and to making people happy.

I don't sing; I just talk in tune.

If I'm not playing, I'm not living.

I think I'm a pretty good ambassador for the United States. I'm a colored man, and I'm playing for all the people in the world.

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

It's a shame the way the government is letting the people down.

I don't care what color you are, if you can play, you can play.

I just want to play good music and make people happy. That's all I want to do.