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Nat King Cole Quotes

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

Biography

Author Profession: Musician
Nationality: American
Born: March 17, 1919
Died: February 15, 1965

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

If I could read it, I could play it.
Nat King Cole

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

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.
Nat King Cole

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

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.
Nat King Cole

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