#armstrong

Almost a quarter of our planet is a single mountain range and we didn't enter it until after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin went to the moon. So we went to the moon, played golf up there, before we went to the largest feature on our own planet. ↗

— Robert Ballard

#almost #armstrong #before #buzz #enter

My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden. ↗

— Mose Allison

#armstrong #been #classic #cole #influences

I just went to Harvard a little while, because I graduated from Armstrong High School in Washington and then I went up there but I didn't stay that long because I went into show business. ↗

— Billy Eckstine

#because #business #graduated #harvard #high

And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet. ↗

— Jackson Browne

#because #came #dad #his #idol

If you listen to Louis Armstrong from 1929, you will never hear anything better than that really, and you will never hear anything more free than that. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#armstrong #better #free #hear #listen

It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a lot of people too. My first album was with Benny Carter. ↗

— Abbey Lincoln

#armstrong #benny #carter #duke #duke ellington

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

#cancer #chance #cyclist #ever #famous

I can tell you where I was when Kennedy was shot - which was in the common room at school. I heard about it on the old valve radio. At the time of Armstrong's landing, I was at university rehearsing a play. ↗

— Sam Neill

#armstrong #common #heard #i #i can

I've always loved airplanes and flight. The space program was really important to me as a kid. I still have a photo of Armstrong and Aldrin on the moon in my living room. ↗

— Bill Nye

#armstrong #flight #i #important #kid

Louis Armstrong playing trumpet on the Judgment Day. ↗

— Al Stewart

#day #judgment #louis #louis armstrong #playing