Who said "I play not the notes as written, but the music within them."?

This quote is attributed to Louis Armstrong.

I play not the notes as written, but the music within them. - Louis Armstrong

"I play not the notes as written, but the music within them."

Louis Armstrong Creativity

Jazz Trumpeter Vocalist American 1901–1971

"What we play is life"

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

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

"Music is life itself. What would this world be without good music"

"When life gives you lemons, make something beautiful."

"Creativity knows no bounds."

"Creativity is the expression of the soul."

"I'm making this up as I go."