Quotes about Armstrong

Bing Crosby

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

Wynton Marsalis

Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about.

Billie Holiday

I try to improvise like Les Young, Louis Armstrong or someone else I admire. What comes out is what I feel.

Jon Batiste

As far as music, Louis Armstrong is one of my heroes.

James Monroe

He wants a head fit for his station. Indolent except to improper, he is incapable of that combination and activity which the times require.

Madison did not fire Armstrong despite Monroe’s complaints.

Andrew Shirvell

I’m a Christian Citizen exercising my Constitutional Rights

Kelly Armstrong was a gay man who had committed no crime yet the Assistant Attorney General was following him about, going to his home and accusing him of promoting a “deviant” life style. Shirvell was fired from his job for violation of rules of behavior for law enforcement officers. Armstrong sued Shirvell for violating Michigan’s anti-stalking law. He agreed to drop the suit if Shirvell would apologize and stop stalking him. Shirvell refused. Then a Michigan jury awarded Armstrong $4.5 million in 2012.

Martin Scorsese

Vic Armstrong is, of course, a legend

Karl Pilkington

Neil Armstrong, that spaceman, he went to the moon but he ain't been back. It can't have been that good.

William Henry Harrison

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Armstrong Quotes