LALouis Armstrong

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Louis Armstrong

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Quotations and sayings

01Undated

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

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02Undated

If you have to ask what jazz is you will never know." Louis Armstrong

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03Undated

Man, if you have to ask what it [jazz] is, you’ll never know.

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04Undated

If it sounds good, it is good.

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05Undated

There are some people that if they don't know you can't tell 'em.

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06Undated

What we play is life.

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07Undated

Music is life itself. What would this world be without good music? No matter what kind it is.

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08Undated

Musicians don't retire they stop when there's no more music in them.

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09Undated

There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind.

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10Undated

All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.

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11Undated

'Cat?' 'Cat' can be anybody from the guy in the gutter to a lawyer, doctor, the biggest man to the lowest man, but if he's in there with a good heart and enjoy the same music together, he's a cat.

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12Undated

I had a long time admiration for the Jewish people. Especially with their long time of courage, taking so much abuse for so long. I was only seven years old, but I could easily see the ungodly treatment that the white folks were handing the poor Jewish family whom I worked for.

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