I'd spoken for the angel Gabriel and had blown taps for the Romans.
7 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 00:28:54 in the radio play.
Quote context
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- You've got the power and the imagination to go with it... and lead it... believe me.
- Say, blow those 'West End Blues' wherever you go.
- You're the one who can make the trumpet talk... and tell the truth.
(Prelude of 'West End Blues' up and then as it ends, shift)
- Yes, he was the one who could make me talk... and he did.
- I'd spoken for the angel Gabriel and had blown taps for the Romans.
- My voice had been heard in high and low places. But he got out of me tones I never knew were my own.
- He made the trumpet tell the truth...
[...]