Louis Armstrong

I just want to keep on playing until I can't play no more.

I'm a happy man because I'm doing what I love to do.

I don't care what color you are, as long as you can play.

I just try to make my music as honest as I can.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard worker.

I just want to be a good example for the young people.

I believe in the power of laughter to heal.

I just want to share my music with the world.

I don't mind being called a Tom, because I am a Tom. I'm a Tom for my race. I'm a Tom for my people. I'm a Tom for my good old United States of America.

The way they are treating my people in the South, the government can go to hell.

It's getting so bad, a colored man hasn't got any country.

I ain't never hurt nobody. I ain't never stole nothing. I ain't never done nothing but blow my horn.

I still remember the first time I heard the word 'nigger'. I was seven years old. A white man called me that. I didn't know what it meant, but I knew it was bad.

Some white folks don't like me because I won't be a nigger.

All I do is play my horn. I don't get into politics.

I'm a great believer in white people. I know they're going to get it right. They just taking a long time.

Colored folks are the only folks that can sing the blues.

I don't think I'm a legend. I'm just a cat who blows a horn.

A lot of people think that 'What a Wonderful World' is a sad song. I don't think so. I think it's a happy song.

I hate to see a man cry. Especially a strong man.