on louis armstrong. then there are questions about the british economy with prime minister gordon brown. . i was a music major in college. i decided that i was a better writer than i was a musician. i never questioned the decision to be a writer but i still miss making music. i do not think you really get over that. eight years old and the first time you heard louis armstrong, new on it was 1964 and he was on the ed sullivan show. your lickings well, dolly. i do not know what i was doing. i was playing in the next room. my mother said to me to come in here and there was something she wanted me to see. it was louis. it made a permanent impression on me. i was just becoming conscious of jazz at that moment. that was really a form a moment for me. i did not tell my mother that i was telling the story. there are two things that are connected to you but the audience will not understand. i want to stay with louis armstrong for a moment. 650 real to reel tapes, how w