149 Quotes by Louis Armstrong

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.

It’s getting almost so bad a colored man hasn’t got any country.

Musicians don’t retire; they stop when there’s no more music in them.

There’s a thing I’ve dreamed of all my life, and I’ll be damned if it don’t look like it’s about to come true-to be King of the Zulu’s parade. After that, I’ll be ready to die.

What is Jazz? Dude, if you have to ask, you’ll never know.

Making money ain’t nothing exciting to me. You might be able to buy a little better booze than the wino on the corner. But you get sick just like the next cat and when you die you’re just as graveyard dead as he is.

It ain’t whatcha say, it’s the way howcha say it.

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.

Don’t do nothing halfway, else you find yourself dropping more than can be picked up.