Louis Armstrong
Father of jazz improvisation
Quotes by Louis Armstrong
Don't worry about a thing, everything's gonna be alright.
My horn is my best friend.
I've been all over the world, and music is the one thing that connects us all.
Keep swinging.
The greatest thing in life is to love and be loved.
I'm just trying to do my best, every day.
Music is a gift from God.
Never stop learning, never stop growing.
My heart is in my music.
There are some things that, if you're not born with, you can't learn.
I don't know nothing about music. I just play by ear.
I ain't never been no place I didn't like.
My whole life, my whole soul, my whole spirit is to blow that horn.
Man, all that stuff I was playing was just a natural thing.
I don't care if it's a white man or a black man, if he's got that thing, he's got that thing.
I'm playing for the people, not for the critics.
I just want to play my horn and make people happy.
I'm just a cat that plays a horn.
I never tried to be a star. I just tried to play my horn.
I'm just trying to make a living and play my music.