For years the Trio did nothing but play for musicians and other hip people. We practically starved to death.
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I was a guinea pig for some hoodlums who thought they could hurt me and frighten me and keep other Negro entertainers from the South.Nat King Cole
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I'm an interpreter of stories. When I perform it's like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories.
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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.
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