I Make No Claim To Being A

Madison Avenue Is Afraid Of The Dark.

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.

I ... Started Out To Become A Jazz Pianist; In The Meantime I Started Singing And I Sang The Way I Felt And That's Just The Way It Came Out.

Critics Don't Buy Records. They Get 'em Free.

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 Sing A Few Songs Here And There Between The Playing. I Sang Things I Had Known Over The Years. I Wasn't Trying To Give It Any Special Treatment, Just Singing. I Noticed Thereafter People Started Requesting More Singing, And It Was Just One Of Those Things.