Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong, nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different eras in jazz...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTrumpet Player
Date of Birth4 August 1900
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
mean blow order
You can't take it for granted. Even if we have two, three days off I still have to blow that horn a few hours to keep up the chops. I mean I've been playing 50 years, and that's what I've been doing in order to keep in that groove there.
music play way
Never play anything the same way twice.
music play way
Never play a thing the same way twice.
dream heart mean
Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans. When that's where you left your heart. The moonlight on the bayou a creole tune that fills the air. I dream about magnolias in bloom and I'm wishin' I was there.
music needs
I don't need words. It's all in the phrasing.
marijuana firsts lost
At first it was just a misdemeanor, but then you lost the "mis-de" and you just got meaner and meaner..
play musician chance
I had a chance to play with the best musicians that were coming through because I was pretty good myself or else they wouldn't have tolerated with me.
blow two everyday
Even If I have two three days off, you still have to blow that horn. You have to keep up those chops... I have to warm up everyday for at least an hour.
music rocks rock-and-roll
If it hadn't been for Jazz, there wouldn't be no rock and roll.
music half kind
Not too slow, not too fast. Kind of like half-fast.
blow horns get-involved
I don't get involved in politics. I just blow my horn.
government people way
The way they are treating my people in the South, the government can go to hell!
able knows
Unless you know what it is I ain't never going to be able to explain it to you.
shame stills ifs
If you still have to ask, shame on you