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    Nat King Cole

    Read through the most famous quotes from Nat King Cole




    Critics don't buy records. They get 'em free. ↗


    — Nat King Cole

    #critics #free #get #records

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


    — Nat King Cole

    #did #hip #musicians #nothing #other

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


    — Nat King Cole

    #i #i can #me #people #smoking

    I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen. ↗


    — Nat King Cole

    #american #american citizen #any #citizen #entitled

    I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist. ↗


    — Nat King Cole

    #african american #am #american #artist #because

    I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself. ↗


    — Nat King Cole

    #complex #even #feeling #i #movies

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


    — Nat King Cole

    #business #claim #genius #i #loses

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


    — Nat King Cole

    #bring #harmony #helping #i #may

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


    — Nat King Cole

    #breaking #down #help #i #known

    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

    #critic #emotional #frame #may #mind






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    Cole's first mainstream vocal hit was his 1943 recording of one of his compositions "Straighten Up and Fly Right" based on a black folk tale that his father had used as a theme for a sermon. " It became the first radio program sponsored by a black performing artist. He owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres.

    He owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres. Cole was one of the first African Americans to host a television variety show The Nat King Cole Show and has maintained worldwide popularity since his death from lung cancer in February 1965.

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