Louis Armstrong

You know, white folks, they got their own problems. They got to deal with them.

I'm not a politician. I'm a musician. I play music. That's all I do.

My whole life, my whole soul, my whole everything, I give to music. And I don't care what nobody says.

I never tried to be anything but myself. I just played my horn the way I felt it.

To me, jazz is a way of life, not just music.

Every time I close my eyes, I see my trumpet.

I never hurt a soul, I never stole a dime, I never lied to a woman. That's my life.

I don't dig that modern jazz stuff. I like to hear a melody.

You blow your horn, and you get paid. That's it.

I don't have any regrets. I've lived a good life.

Black people have been through a lot. We still got a long way to go, but we'll get there.

I never thought I'd live to see the day when a black man could walk into a white restaurant and eat.

I just play what I feel. That's all I know how to do.

I don't care if it's hot or cold, I'm gonna play my horn.

I always say, 'never play a thing the same way twice.'

I'm just a messenger for the music.

It's all about the feeling, man. If you don't feel it, it ain't jazz.

I've been blessed with a good life. I can't complain.

My music is for everybody. Black, white, green, yellow. Everybody.

I don't like to talk about my past. I like to live in the present.