At first it was just a misdemeanor, but then you lost the "mis-de" and you just got meaner and meaner. Louis Armstrong More Quotes by Louis Armstrong More Quotes From 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! Louis Armstrong gratitude appreciation baby You either have it or you don't. You play your horn just like you sing a song or a hymn. If it's in your heart, you express yourself in the tune. Louis Armstrong hymns heart song When you're dead, you're done. Louis Armstrong jazz-music jazz done If ya ain't got it in ya, ya can't blow it out. Louis Armstrong jazz music blow If it hadn't been for Jazz, there wouldn't be no rock and roll. Louis Armstrong rock-and-roll rocks music [Bebop is] Chinese music. Louis Armstrong bebop chinese-music chinese All them weird chords which don't mean a thing...you got no melody to remember, and no beat to dance to Louis Armstrong jazz remember mean You blows who you is. Louis Armstrong jazz music blow It's America's classical music ... this becomes our tradition ... the bottom line of any country in the world is what did we contribute to the world? ... we contributed Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong country america world I spent nine days in the Downtown Los Angeles City Jail. The judge gave me a suspended sentence and I went to work that night - wailed just like nothing happened. What strucked me funny though - I laughed real loud when several movie stars came up to the bandstand while we played a dance set and told me, when they heard about me getting caught with marijuana, they thought marijuana was a chick. Woo boy - that really fractured me! Louis Armstrong stars real night I'm a spade, you're an ofay. Let's play. Louis Armstrong spades jazz play 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. Louis Armstrong dream heart mean Never play a thing the same way twice. Louis Armstrong music business inspirational You will never know what the meaning of Jazz is if ask what it means. Louis Armstrong jazz knows mean 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. Louis Armstrong blow two mean Not too slow, not too fast. Kind of like half-fast. Louis Armstrong music kind half I see trees of green, red roses too. I see them bloom for me and you. And I think to myself what a wonderful world. I see skies of blue and clouds of white. The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night. And I think to myself what a wonderful world Louis Armstrong nature blessed dark Jazz is what I play for a living. Louis Armstrong playing-jazz jazz play I don't get involved in politics. I just blow my horn. Louis Armstrong horns get-involved blow Music is either good or bad, and it's got to be learned. You got to have balance. Louis Armstrong balance music-is music