Classic Louis Armstrong Quote

Subject: Classic Louis Armstrong Quote
From: Peter T.
Date: 13 Jan 01 - 11:21 AM

Irresistable quote in Canadian Globe and Mail newspaper. Armstrong had contracted pneumonia on a tour of Italy and nearly died, went into a coma and came back out. Just after, he was in Vancouver, and the reporter asked him about his illness. "And then there was all this stuff about me going into a coma. Only rich people go into a coma. I was in a trance!"

yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Classic Louis Armstrong Quote
From: LDave
Date: 13 Jan 01 - 02:46 PM

Armstrong was once at a high society party where a wealthy matron asked him "What's this jazz all about?" Armstrong replied "Lady, if you don't know by now, don't mess around with it."

Don't know if its a true story, but it should be.

Subject: RE: Classic Louis Armstrong Quote
From: Jeremiah McCaw
Date: 13 Jan 01 - 11:06 PM

One I like from the Globe article was by Dizzy Gillespie. When asked about Armstrong's influence and place in the history of jazz, he simply said, "No him, no me."

Subject: RE: Classic Louis Armstrong Quote
From: Peter T.
Date: 14 Jan 01 - 09:20 AM

Forgot that quote from the article. Sort of puts their supposed conflict in perspective. yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Classic Louis Armstrong Quote
From: katlaughing
Date: 14 Jan 01 - 01:17 PM

Those are all grand quotes, thanks Peter, LDave & Jeremiah!

Thanks,

kat

Subject: RE: Classic Louis Armstrong Quote
From: Lanfranc
Date: 14 Jan 01 - 07:21 PM

Was it Satchmo who said "It's all folk music, leastwise I ain't never heard no horses sing" ?

Subject: RE: Classic Louis Armstrong Quote
From: Bill D
Date: 14 Jan 01 - 07:32 PM

so far, LanFranc, ½ of EVERYONE seems to have said it...one of most famous useless phrases in history....2 or 3 logical fallacies in one little set of words...and people keep trying to use it to prove a point..*sigh*

Subject: RE: Classic Louis Armstrong Quote
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 14 Jan 01 - 08:17 PM

Probably more often attributed to Big Bill Broonzy than anyone else. I reckon everyone has said it at some time. Makes sense to me. Not the end of the argument (God help us), but it represents a truth that needs to be included. Meaning, what unites us is more important than what divides us.

Subject: RE: Classic Louis Armstrong Quote
From: GUEST,CraigS
Date: 14 Jan 01 - 09:31 PM

When he was in England in the late 60s a reporter asked him to what he attributed his good health. The reply was "You gotta keep clean inside" and was followed by a short lecture on the use of liver salts twice a day - nothing at all about how he got his smile from herbal tobacco!

Subject: RE: Classic Louis Armstrong Quote
From: Jeremiah McCaw
Date: 15 Jan 01 - 12:54 AM

"It's all folk music, leastwise I ain't never heard no horses sing" ? I've heard that one attributed to Woody Guthrie>

Subject: RE: Classic Louis Armstrong Quote
From: Lanfranc
Date: 15 Jan 01 - 06:04 AM

Hang on, Bill D!

"Two or three logical fallacies ..." ?

Leaving aside the definition of "logical fallacies" as being a good candidate for being itself an oxymoron, "horses sing" would seem to me to be the only fallacy in the statement, unless you consider "folk music" also qualifies! (Now that could be contentious!)

Where's the potential third?

"And we speak of things that matter, with words that must be said ..." Paul Simon

How many wrongly attributed quotations can dance on the head of a pin?

Subject: RE: Classic Louis Armstrong Quote
From: Gern
Date: 15 Jan 01 - 09:13 AM

A personal favorite from Louis was "Take your shoes off, Lucy, and let's get juicy!" from "Baby, It's Cold Outside"

Subject: RE: Classic Louis Armstrong Quote
From: Peter T.
Date: 15 Jan 01 - 03:22 PM

Bill Broonzy said it. You can hear it straight from the horse's mouth. It is on his record "Trouble in Mind" (great record by the way). yours, Peter T.