The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician.

Quote by Louis Armstrong

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What we play is life.

What we play is life.

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

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

All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.

All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.

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

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

It really puzzles me to see marijuana connected with narcotics dope and all of that...

It really puzzles me to see marijuana connected with narcotics dope and all of that...

We're going to see a lot more young people entering entrepreneurial ventures.

We're going to see a lot more young people entering entrepreneurial ventures.

It really puzzles me to see marijuana connected with narcotics . . . dope and...

It really puzzles me to see marijuana connected with narcotics . . . dope and...

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

The day of the great jazz improviser who doesn't know how to read music is...

The day of the great jazz improviser who doesn't know how to read music is...

Dont clap Im not a jazz band for Christs sake.

Dont clap Im not a jazz band for Christs sake.

The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.

The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.

Though the Jazz Age continued, it became less and less of an affair of youth....

Though the Jazz Age continued, it became less and less of an affair of youth....

Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That...

Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That...

Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz...

Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz...

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation.

The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation.

Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we...

Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we...

Jazz is the music of the body

Jazz is the music of the body

Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after...

Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after...

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....