Nat King Cole Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“There's just one thing I can't figure out. My income tax!”

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

“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.”

“The only sport I'm not interested in is horse racing. That's because I don't know the horses personally.”

“Critics don't buy records. They get 'em free.”

“Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work.”

“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'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.”

“People don't slip. Time catches up with them.”