“I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as ...” — Nat King Cole Quote

I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen.

I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.

Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking.

I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers.

I'm an interpreter of stories. When I perform it's like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories.

There are some rights that are so fundamental to our society that you'd think the public debate would be closed on them. The right of every American citizen to vote - regardless of age, race, or income level - is one of them.

I was determined not to become an American citizen but I did it for completely cynical reasons: to avoid paying inheritance tax in the U.S.

Once you step foot on the Supreme Court steps, you lose your first-amendment rights. I don't see how, as an American citizen, you can't go to the Supreme Court steps and speak your mind or speak your piece peacefully.

To become an American citizen, we require people to read, write and speak in English. That is to help them to assimilate in our melting pot, truly to become Americans. We mock that when the cherished right to vote does not involve English any more.