Louis Armstrong

Music American 1901 – 1971 304 quotes

Father of jazz improvisation

Quotes by Louis Armstrong

I've always believed in the power of music.

Interview

Music is a universal language.

Interview

I just want to spread joy through my music.

Interview

I'm just a humble musician.

Interview

I've been playing music my whole life, and I'll never stop.

Interview

I just love to play the horn.

Interview

My music is my soul.

Interview

I'm just doing what I love to do.

Interview

I'm just a happy-go-lucky guy.

Interview

I'm just a musician, and that's all I want to be.

Interview

Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know.

Interview 1955

A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original.

Interview

I was a thing of rags and patches, but I had a trumpet, and I had a place to keep it.

Book 1954

Jazz is music made by and for people who have been through hard times.

Interview

The older I get, the better I used to be.

Interview

Every time I pick up my horn, I remember what a wonderful world it is.

Song 1967

I see trees of green, red roses too, I see them bloom for me and you.

Song 1967

And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.

Song 1967

The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night.

Song 1967

New Orleans is the place where music comes from.

Book 1954