149 Quotes by Louis Armstrong

"The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky Are also on the faces of people goin' by I see friends shaking hands saying, "How do you do" They're really saying "I love you." I hear babies cry, I watch then grow They'll learn much more than I'll ever know; And I think to myself, What a wonderful world; Yes, I think to myself, What a wonderful world. Oh yeah!"

"As many bands as you heard [in New Orleans], that's how many bands you heard playing right. I thought I was in Heaven playing second trumpet in the Tuxedo Brass Band -- and they had some funeral marches that would just touch your heart, they were so beautiful."

"Jazz is what I play for a living."

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

"Not too slow, not too fast. Kind of like half-fast."

"I'm a spade, you're an ofay. Let's play."

"Love is talkative passion."

"If you still have to ask, shame on you"

"You've got to be good or as bad as the devil."

"If it hadn't been for Jazz, there wouldn't be no rock and roll."