#armstrong

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

Never forget that, at the most, the teacher can give you fifteen percent of the art. The rest you have to get for yourself through practise and hard work. I can show you the path but I can not walk it for you. ↗

— Master Tan Soh Tin

#martial-arts #master-iain-armstrong #art

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

#could #figure #him #i #louis

I listen to jazz about three hours a day. I love Louis Armstrong. ↗

— Philip Levine

#armstrong #day #hours #i #i love

I'd love to work with the people who really got the film industry going again through the '70s: Peter Weir, Bruce Beresford, Gillian Armstrong, Fred Schepisi. ↗

— David Wenham

#armstrong #bruce #film #film industry #fred

I don't doubt for a second that Neil Armstrong's spirit is still with us: that unique blend of optimism, humility and the utter confidence that when the world needs someone to do the really big stuff, you need an American. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#armstrong #big #big stuff #blend #confidence

Fitness is a curve. You can be Lance Armstrong, or you can be really out of shape at the opposite end. People enter the curve wherever they are and then they can move up the curve, by better nutrition and better exercise. ↗

— Gordon Strachan

#better #curve #end #enter #exercise

Lance Armstrong is the guy that I would put up there as one of my heroes. He's done something that no one else has done and when you put into it what he overcame, it's absolutely unbelievable. ↗

— Craig T. Nelson

#armstrong #done #else #guy #heroes