Nat King Cole

“I make no claim to being a business genius. You can make so much money in this business that it loses its value.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”