Quote #7
Critics don't buy records. They get 'em free.
More from Nat (King) Cole
- 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 guess I just get to the heart of people's feelings, that's all.
- I'm a businessman. I work for business people. The kind of thing they say is: Now we've sold a lot of records, let's sell some more.
- I took a chance on 'Nature Boy', though I think 'Lost April' is a much better song. The public liked 'Nature Boy' because it was something …
- Madison Avenue is afraid of the dark.
- You can't cling to the past. Too many different things are coming into the world.
- 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 f…
- He was cool before it was cool to be cool.