Louis Armstrong
Father of jazz improvisation
Quotes by Louis Armstrong
I've always believed in the power of music.
Music is a universal language.
I just want to spread joy through my music.
I'm just a humble musician.
I've been playing music my whole life, and I'll never stop.
I just love to play the horn.
My music is my soul.
I'm just doing what I love to do.
I'm just a happy-go-lucky guy.
I'm just a musician, and that's all I want to be.
Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know.
A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original.
I was a thing of rags and patches, but I had a trumpet, and I had a place to keep it.
Jazz is music made by and for people who have been through hard times.
The older I get, the better I used to be.
Every time I pick up my horn, I remember what a wonderful world it is.
I see trees of green, red roses too, I see them bloom for me and you.
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night.
New Orleans is the place where music comes from.