Louis Daniel Armstrong (4 August 1901 - 6 July 1971) American Jazz musician .
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- The Brick House was one of the toughest joints I ever played in ... Guys would drink and fight one another like circle saws. Bottles would come flying over the bandstand like crazy and there was lots of plain common shooting and cutting. But somehow all that jive didn't faze me at all. I was so happy to have some place to blow my horn.
- Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans (1954)
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- If you have to ask, you'll never know.
- Armstrong's reported response to somone who asked him what jazz was. (Exact wording varies.)
- All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.
Quotes about Louis Armstrong
- "He was the only musician who ever lived, who can't be replaced by someone." ~ Bing Crosby
- "You can't play anything on a horn that Louis hasn't played." ~ Miles Davis
- "He was born poor, died rich, and never hurt anyone along the way." ~ Duke Ellington
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