My family`s been in show business since the 1700s. I traced them. I`m bred to this. Like a racehorse. A thoroughbred. Look at my parents, my God. But it was my curiosity that made me do this. Because you could also say, "Look at Frank Sinatra Jr.." It`s n...
Liza Minnelli
When I read `The Piano Lesson,` I realized it encompassed the entire African-American experience, ... August Wilson`s legacy is as important as Martin Luther King`s legacy, as important as Malcolm X`s legacy and as important as Nat Turner.
Annmarie Robinson
We call it swing jazz, ... Think Nat King Cole, Benny Goodman-style stuff. I grew up with those people around me. So it`s natural that that is what I like doing.
John Pizzarelli
Some of my other heroes around that time were, oddly enough, Frank Sinatra, Nat Cole and people like that - I was always more inclined to listen to ballads.
William Bell
nature is pretty good about self-recovery, but a lot depends on what man does to hinder or assist in that recovery. The nice thing about wetlands is that they can cleanse and filter water as it moves through, but too much contamination can overwhelm this ...
Thomas Miller
Nat King Cole was the place where I started, ... The music his trio did is what moved me to do that same sort of thing. The very first time I heard (Cole), I learned all those songs -- `Straighten Up and Fly Right,` `Route 66,` `Paper Moon.`
John Pizzarelli
My favorite singer to this day is Nat King Cole. I`ve tried to emulate his phrasing. It is so absolutely beautiful to listen to his lovely voice.
Johnny Mathis
It has taken a great deal of energy, which has not been so difficult to summon as the necessary patience to wait, simply wait much of the time - until my instincts assured me that I had assembled my materials in proper order for a final welding into their...
Alexander Klose
Every time there`s a revolution, it comes from somebody reading a book about revolution. David Walker wrote a book and Nat Turner did his thing.
Mike Tyson
[SEDCO Chairman Nat McClure introduced SEDCO`s portion of the meeting and said,] 2004-2005 was the biggest year for SEDCO since it was created 10 years ago, ... the year has been fantastically exciting.
John Boswell