Louis Armstrong Quotes

What is certain is that singing is not merely modulating a song by means of the voice: we sing and we celebrate the beauty that we can grow and live every day. If you want to sing and give emotions to those who are listening, you must have something to tell through your singing; you have to use singing like an instrument to tell something.

I sing about life.

Dance should touch people.

I guess trying to throw my body into the guitar is so natural for me that I don't even know how to explain it. I can't imagine life without it.

The best thing is being able to perform in front of people and to express my feelings, whatever they may be at the time. Just to be able to make the world a happier place to be.

Sports and music are the same thing to me. When done wrong, they are really frustrating; when done right, they can change your day.

You have to connect with a song, and when you write it, that connection is already there. It's your baby; your passion is in that song.

Music is the most amount of joy or good I can do in the world.

Most people are at a concert because they want to be inspired, entertained, moved; we musicians have the mission to be bringers of joy, of ecstasy.

Dance means so much to me. It's always been such a huge part of my life.

Singing is what got me into everything and made me fall in love with this industry.

I loved dance.

I sing songs that I have lived or I write them because I have lived them. I think the believability factor is key.

For me, music and life are all about style.

Dance is so joyous.

The New York City Ballet is always about the realm of possibilities, the realm of what the human body can do, what the human spirit can do. And it's about listening, it's about listening to remarkable music and how we respond to that.

I don't know what makes a guy want to write songs and sing, but if you've got a message, you want to get it across. When I come up with an idea about the way I feel, I can really state it strongly in a song.

I love the fact that I can go out there on stage with a guitar and sing a song that means something to somebody.

If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It's a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting.

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.

I just try to tell a story with a song, and be able to try to transmit the emotion to you. That's all I'm really trying to do.

Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

When I sing I have a lot of visions. Like what's happening now in my life.

When I sing, I think mostly about the music. But I know that, through singing, my body shows everything that I am. I am a very passionate man and I suffer a lot and have a lot of joy also. In my opinion, it is very important for me to find this stimulus and motivation for singing.

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.