There is nothing in the world I wouldn't do for Hope, and there is nothing he wouldn't do for me... We spend our lives doing nothing for each other.
We'd dub the one that came off best into the final transcription. It gave us a chance to ad lib as much as we wanted, knowing that excess ad libbing could be sliced from the final product.
It gave us a chance to first try a recording of the songs in the afternoon without an audience, then another one in front of a studio audience.
That was a great game of golf, fellas.
[Louis Armstrong] was the only musician who ever lived, who can't be replaced by someone.