American - Musician | March 17, 1919 - February 15, 1965
I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen.
Nat King Cole
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I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers.
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I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist.
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Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work.
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The sheriff is at the cash register, and if I don't get a hit soon, I don't know what I'll do.
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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.
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Critics don't buy records. They get 'em free.
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I make no claim to being a business genius. You can make so much money in this business that it loses its value.
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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.
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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.
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If I could read it, I could play it.
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It's not the people in the South who create racial problems - it's the people who are governing.
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