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“If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.”
― Louis Armstrong

“All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.”
― Louis Armstrong

“What we play is life.”
― Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong, in His Own Words: Selected Writings

“Seems to me it ain't the world that's so bad but what we're doing to it, and all I'm saying is: see what a wonderful world it would be if only we'd give it a chance. Love, baby - love. That's the secret.”
― Louis Armstrong

“You will never know what the meaning of Jazz is if ask what it means.”
― Louis Armstrong

“If you have to ask what jazz is you will never know." Louis Armstrong”
― Louis Armstrong

“‎We all go Do, Re, Mi, but you've gotta find all the other notes yourself.”
― Louis Armstrong

“There's some folks, that, if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.”
― 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

“The Bright Blessed Day, the Dark Sacred Night”
― Louis Armstrong

“What a wonderful world.”
― Louis Armstrong

“There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.”
― Louis Armstrong

“If it sounds good, it is good.”
― Louis Armstrong

“Man, if you have to ask what it [jazz] is, you’ll never know.”
― Louis Armstrong

“What is Jazz? Dude, if you have to ask, you'll never know.”
― Louis Armstrong

“The Pope was such a fine little fella, you know.”
― Louis Armstrong

“I don’t let my head say nothin’ my head can’t stand”
― Louis Armstrong

“Give me a kiss to build a dream on, and my imagination will thrive upon that kiss.

Kisses for Mr. Castle - The Hersey Kiss Story”
― Louis Armstrong

“There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell em”
― Louis Armstrong