African american Quote by Nat King Cole Download Open image “I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist.” — Nat King Cole ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare African american Art Artist Famous Famous African Jazz Jazz Artist
I've been famous for years through my entertainment programs, through my show business activities and my business. — Ksenia Sobchak Copy Share Image
I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences. — Wyclef Jean Copy Share Image
I know I’m an African-American, and I know I play the saxophone, but I’m not a jazz musician. I’m not a classical musician, either.… — Anthony Braxton Copy Share Image
The people who know nothing about music are the ones always talking about it. — Nat King Cole Copy Share Image
When I first organized the King Cole Trio back in 1937, we were strictly what you would call an instrumental group. To break the… — Nat King Cole Copy Share Image
Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking. — Nat King Cole Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If you smile through your fear and sorrow, smile and maybe tomorrow you'll see the sun come shining through for you. — Nat King Cole Copy Share Image
Smile and maybe tomorrow you'll see that life is still worth while if you just smile — Nat King Cole Copy Share Image
Although it's been said many times, many ways...Merry Christmas to you! — Nat King Cole Copy Share Image
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… — Nat King Cole Copy Share Image
“Oh, my darling, it’s incredible, that someone so unforgettable should think I am unforgettable, too.” — Nat King Cole Copy Share Image
This is, for an accomplished Latino, an accomplished African American, an accomplished anyone who disproves stereotypes, it's a constant battle in your life. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
I grew up in Synagogue in the boys' choir. We didn't listen to music in the house; only at temple. Then I went to… — Mandy Patinkin Copy Share Image
I agreed a long time ago, I would not live at any cost. If I am moved or forced away from what I think… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
There could be no more powerful argument against mixing religion and government than the success of independent African American churches in placing racial segregation… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
“This popularity extended to Trump himself, who, according to private demographic research conducted at the time, was even more popular with African American and… — Joshua Green Copy Share Image
American civil rights leader, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Lynching is a murder. For the past four hundred years our… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I know I'm more forgiving than most African Americans when it comes to second chances for White people who not only commit a racial… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I am here… — Ken Mehlman Copy Share Image
It's unfortunate that a lot of people think African-American female artists are monolithically R&B this-or-that, don't have to do anything by default. — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
Whereas our ancestors (not of choice) were the first successful cultivators of the wilds of America, we their descendants feel ourselves entitled to participate… — Richard Allen Copy Share Image
It may be changing, but still it's the one place, that total control of an institution, that African Americans have. So sometimes, you know,… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
