When this ugly gangster told Joe Glaser that he must take the name of Armstrong down, off of the marquee, and it was an 'order from Al Capone,' Mr. Glaser looked this cat straight in the face and told him these words: 'I think that Louis Armstrong is the world's greatest, and this is my place, and I defy anybody to take his name down from there.'
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All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.Louis Armstrong:
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I never want to be anything more than I am; what I don't have, I don't need.Louis Armstrong:
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There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell them.Louis Armstrong:
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Music is life itself. What would this world be without good music? No matter what kind it is.