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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car.
If you had a good radio - and everybody did in those days - you could find it.
My hearing after 50 years of playing music sometimes isn't too great.
I think jazz has given me freedom with my voice.
The public, hearing pop music, is, without knowing it, also soaking up jazz.
I listen to jazz about three hours a day. I love Louis Armstrong.
I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice.
I almost never listen to the radio.
Sometimes listening is of greater value than speaking.
I remember thinking, 'I don't know if I can do radio.' I never even listen to it.