"The only prejudice I've found anywhere in TV is in some advertising agencies, and there isn't so muc..." — Nat King Cole

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.

The only sport I'm not interested in is horse racing. That's because I don't know the horses personally.

If I could read it, I could play it.

I make no claim to being a business genius. You can make so much money in this business that it loses its value.