Louis Armstrong

"Some people, when you ask them 'What do you do?', they just repeat their job title"

"I think we have only one life and life is now"

"All this music business isn't as hard as it sounds"

"I have always had a philosophy that if you want to achieve anything, you have to work hard for it"

"Life is a wonderful beautiful thing"

"The great fact about getting older is that you don't need to behave like you're young anymore"

"Never play a thing the same way twice"

"He is the king of all the trumpet players"

"I always get nervous before a big show"

"Man, if you have to ask what it is, you're never going to know"

"You can't never change what you don't acknowledge"

"Great music is when you find something that connects with you personally"

"I think music in itself is healing"

"Pick a subject and go with the flow"

"My trumpet cries and sighs"

"Life is a beautiful thing"

"This world would be a beautiful place if everyone had a heart like mine"

"I teach music the way I play my horn"

"When you're doing what you love, work doesn't feel like work"

"Real happiness is when family is around"

"I never tried to prove nothing, just wanted to give a good show"

"There's no such thing as bad music"

"That's what I loved about singing with him"

"I used to play a lot of classical music, but I find I prefer the feeling of jazz"

"Keep swinging, all cats swing the same way"

"I won't play a place that doesn't allow me to be myself"

"Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans"

"Music is a beautiful thing and beautiful thoughts need to be expressed"

"I always want to be remembered as a man who played the trumpet"

"I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come"