Armstrong Quotes

• Louis Armstrong was the only musician who ever lived, who can't be replaced by someone.

  

  Bing Crosby
  • Musician
  • Replaced
  • Armstrong

• Armstrong described the lunar surface as 'beautiful.' I thought to myself, 'It's not really beautiful. It's magnificent that we're here, but what a desolate place we are visiting.'

  

  Buzz Aldrin
  • Beautiful
  • Place
  • Lunar

• [Louis Armstrong] could play a trumpet like nobody else, then put it down and sing a song like no one else could.

  

  Eddie Condon
  • Song
  • Play
  • Trumpets

• I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp... I listened to everything I could that came from that place that they call the blues but, in formality, isn't necessarily the blues.

  

  Eric Clapton Blind Faith
  • Monk
  • Jelly
  • Coltrane

• The whole point of Louis Armstrong is that no one can really figure him out. There was a while where I thought you could try.

  

  Sarah Vowell
  • Trying
  • Figures
  • Whole

• The name Derek Jeter is made for stardom. He's got an infectious smile, and he's so handsome and well-behaved. He's just a fine young man who does everything right. He's like Jack Armstrong and Frank Merriwell, guys I grew up rooting for. Some guys come along who just measure up.

  

  George Steinbrenner
  • Guy
  • Fine
  • Frank

• Lance Armstrong, the famous cyclist and more importantly, cancer survivor, has said 'if you ever get a second chance for something, you've got to go all the way.'

  

  Michael N. Castle
  • Chance
  • Cancer
  • Survivor