Louis Armstrong
Jazz trumpeter
Sayings by Louis Armstrong
If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn.
I love to play, and I love to make people happy.
I don't have any regrets. I've had a wonderful life.
A lot of people think that jazz is just a bunch of noise. But it ain't. It's music.
The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician.
I don't like to be called a jazz musician. I'm a musician.
I never tried to be anything but myself.
I believe in the power of music to bring people together.
I don't need no fancy words to tell you what I feel. I just play my horn.
I'm just a simple man who loves to play music.
I never get tired of playing. I could play all day and all night.
Music is the food of love, and I'm a hungry man.
I don't think about yesterday or tomorrow. I just think about today.
I'm just happy to be alive and playing my horn.
The older I get, the better I play.
I don't believe in competition. I believe in cooperation.
I just want to leave something behind that people will remember.
I'm not a politician. I'm a musician.
I love all kinds of music, as long as it's good.
I'm not a religious man, but I believe in God.