Pass that thing, slightly, lightly and politely.

- Cab Calloway

Everybody came. Everybody came to the Cotton Club.

- Cab Calloway

A phoenix ain't nuthin' but a burd.

- Cab Calloway

Everybody did something. It was very entertaining. We had a lot of fun. Lot of fun. And there was no segregation, that I could see. I never saw any

- Cab Calloway

What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't

- Cab Calloway

You don't think it was because a white man wrote it, a black man wrote it, a green man wrote it. What-doesn't make a difference!

- Cab Calloway

A movie and a stage show are two entirely different things. A picture, you can do anything you want. Change it, cut out a scene, put in a scene, take…

- Cab Calloway

You hear about the Duke Ellingtons, the Jimmie Luncefords, and the Fletcher Hendersons, but people sometimes forget that jazz was not only built in t…

- Cab Calloway

Everybody that you could name would join in our audiences from, Laguardia on down. Everybody came. Everybody came to the Cotton Club.

- Cab Calloway