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 ….

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..

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

Madison Avenue is afraid of the dark..

If you smile through your fear and sorrow, smile and maybe tomorrow you'll see the sun come shining through for you..

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

I'm an interpreter of stories. When I perform it's like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories..

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

When I first organized the King Cole Trio back in 1937, we were strictly what you would call an instrumental group. To break the monotony, I would si….

The only prejudice I've found anywhere in TV is in some advertising agencies, and there isn't so much prejudice as just fear..

I got the message. All of us get the message, sooner or later. If you get it before it's too late or before you're too old, you'll pull through all r….

It's not the people in the South who create racial problems - it's the people who are governing..

I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy….

If I could read it, I could play it..

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..

Although it's been said many times, many ways...Merry Christmas to you!.

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..

Smile and maybe tomorrow you'll see that life is still worth while if you just smile.

Unforgettable in every way, and forever more, that's how you'll stay..

The Supreme Court is having a hard time integrating schools. What chance do I have to integrate audiences?.

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