He gave me tones I never knew were my own. He gave me a voice that was free and strong, so that his own could be free and strong.
12 seconds sound clip from the Destination Freedom - The Trumpet Talks (The early life of Louis Armstrong) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:00:57 in the radio play.
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- But the angel Gabriel touched his lips to my mouth and called home the quick and the dead.
- The Romans blew me when the earth was their empire.
- I've blown taps for the Caesars and the Napoleons.
- My voice has been heard in high and low places.
- But... until the kid blew me, I never knew what scales I could climb.
- It was from the narrow streets of once fabulous New Orleans, where jazz was born.
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