You'll find that life is still worthwhile, If you just smile.
Nat "king" ColeA buzzard took the monkey for a ride in the airThe monkey thought that everything was on the squareThe buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his backBut the monkey grabbed his neck and said — "Now listen, Jack...""Straighten up and fly rightStraighten up and fly rightStraighten up and fly rightCool down, papa, don't you blow your top."
Nat "king" ColeMadison Avenue is afraid of the dark.
Nat "king" ColeI'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.
Nat "king" ColeI'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.
Nat "king" ColeCritics don't buy records. They get 'em free.
Nat "king" ColeI ... 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.
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