EDWARD R. MURROW Louie, I’ve been meaning to ask you this. What’s the meaning of a “cat”?
LOUIS ARMSTRONG Cat? Cat can be anybody from the guy in the gutter to a lawyer, doctor, the biggest man to the lowest man, but if he’s in there with a good heart and enjoy the same music together, he’s a cat.
Quoted in Terry Teachout, Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong