Quotes from Louis Armstrong

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.

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

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

What we play is life.

Seems to me it ain't the world that's so bad but what we're doing to it, and all I'm saying is: see what a wonderful world it would be if only we'd give it a chance. Love, baby - love. That's the secret.

You will never know what the meaning of Jazz is if ask what it means.

The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back yard on a hot night or something said long ago.

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

We all go Do, Re, Mi, but you've gotta find all the other notes yourself.

There's some folks, that, if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.

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

The Bright Blessed Day, the Dark Sacred Night

What a wonderful world.

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

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

What is Jazz? Dude, if you have to ask, you'll never know.

The Pope was such a fine little fella, you know.

Give me a kiss to build a dream on, and my imagination will thrive upon that kiss. Kisses for Mr. Castle - The Hersey Kiss Story

Man, all music is folk music. You ain't never heard no horse sing a song, have you?

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

There are Two Secrets to Success: 1. Don't tell ANYONE Everything you know 2.If you have to ask what Jazz is, you'll never know.

Well, I tell you... the first chorus, I plays the melody. The second chorus, I plays the melody round the melody, and the third chorus, I routines.

I do believe that my whole success goes back to that time I was arrested as a wayward boy at the age of thirteen. Because then I had to quit running around and began to learn something. Most of all, I began to learn music.

Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mine, I look right into the heart of good old New Orleans. It has given me something to live for.