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Nat King Cole (Musician)

The people who know nothing about music are the ones always talking about it.

— Nat King Cole music

The only sport I'm not interested in is horse racing. That's because I don't know the horses personally.

— Nat King Cole person

There's just one thing I can't figure out. My income tax!

— Nat King Cole

Critics don't buy records. They get 'em free.

— Nat King Cole free

Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work.

— Nat King Cole education

I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy.

— Nat King Cole music

Music is emotional, and you may catch a musician in a very unemotional mood or you may not be in the same frame of mind as the musician. So a critic will often say a musician is slipping.

— Nat King Cole music

For years the Trio did nothing but play for musicians and other hip people. We practically starved to death.

— Nat King Cole death

I'm an interpreter of stories. When I perform it's like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories.

— Nat King Cole stories

People don't slip. Time catches up with them.

— Nat King Cole wit

Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking.

— Nat King Cole people

I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen.

— Nat King Cole zen

I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers.

— Nat King Cole self

I'm proud of our court. It knocks back a lot of the propaganda the Communists put out about the way America treats her Negroes.

— Nat King Cole america

If I could read it, I could play it.

— Nat King Cole read

It's not the people in the South who create racial problems - it's the people who are governing.

— Nat King Cole people

Primarily I'm a meat man, although once in a while I toy with a few vegetables.

— Nat King Cole man

The only prejudice I've found anywhere in TV is in some advertising agencies, and there isn't so much prejudice as just fear.

— Nat King Cole fear

You've got to change with the public's taste.

— Nat King Cole change

I was a guinea pig for some hoodlums who thought they could hurt me and frighten me and keep other Negro entertainers from the South.

— Nat King Cole hurt

I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.

— Nat King Cole self

I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music.

— Nat King Cole music

I'm in the music business for one purpose - to make money.

— Nat King Cole music

The sheriff is at the cash register, and if I don't get a hit soon, I don't know what I'll do.

— Nat King Cole

The Supreme Court is having a hard time integrating schools. What chance do I have to integrate audiences?

— Nat King Cole time

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