All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.
– Louis Armstrong
Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.
– Louis Armstrong
The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back yard on a hot night or something said long ago.
– Louis Armstrong
There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell them.
– Louis Armstrong
We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself.
– Louis Armstrong
What we play is life.
– Louis Armstrong
There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind.