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.
Source: In Nat King Cole, bvy James Haskings, 1990.
-- Nat King Cole, (Mar 17 1919-1965), US singer, bandleader; He was famous for his warm, relaxed, easy-listening songs including Mona Lisa, 1950 and Ramblin' Rose, 1962; first black to host TV series, 1950s.