Top 29 Quotes by Nat King Cole

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.