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Nat King Cole [1919-1965] American

Rank: 101
Musician, Singer

Nathaniel Adams Coles, known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist.

Chance, Death, Famous, Food, Money, Movies, Music, Sports, Time

Quote	Tags	Rank
People don't slip. Time catches up with them.	Time	101
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.		102
I'm a musician at heart, I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it.		103
For years the Trio did nothing but play for musicians and other hip people. We practically starved to death.	Death	104
I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.	Movies	105
I'm an interpreter of stories. When I perform it's like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories.		106
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.		107
The only prejudice I've found anywhere in TV is in some advertising agencies, and there isn't so much prejudice as just fear.		108
There's just one thing I can't figure out. My income tax!	Money	109
Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking.		110
I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen.		111
I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music.		112
I'm in the music business for one purpose - to make money.		113
The only sport I'm not interested in is horse racing. That's because I don't know the horses personally.	Sports	114
The people who know nothing about music are the ones always talking about it.	Music	115
The Supreme Court is having a hard time integrating schools. What chance do I have to integrate audiences?	Chance	116
Critics don't buy records. They get 'em free.		117
I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers.		118
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.		119
If I could read it, I could play it.		120
It's not the people in the South who create racial problems - it's the people who are governing.		121
Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work.		122
Primarily I'm a meat man, although once in a while I toy with a few vegetables.	Food	123
You've got to change with the public's taste.		124
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.		125
The sheriff is at the cash register, and if I don't get a hit soon, I don't know what I'll do.		126
The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can ease a lot of things.		201
I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist.	Famous	202
I make no claim to being a business genius. You can make so much money in this business that it loses its value.		203

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