“Nat King Cole - I listen to him a lot.” — Ry Cooder Quote

Nat King Cole - I listen to him a lot.

If you're white working with non-white people, you will be branded as a colonialist by some people, regardless of your efforts or intentions.

I think all the music I do, which ties together, as far as I'm concerned, is fun and entertaining.

If it hadn't been for record people like Ralph Peer, the Chess brothers, and Alan Lomax, then life would've been unbelievably dull, and I would've been sacking groceries somewhere and probably, at this point, running a little 7-Eleven down by the airport.

I'm used to music as a tool, taking the various elements and then making something completely new out of them. And writing film music is the perfect opportunity to do that, because you can look at the film and then just let your imagination soar.

Most people call me 'Kai.' The 'king' comes more from the press.

I have a lot of respect for Martin Luther King. I think he was one of the greatest orators that the country ever produced.

Stephen King's 'It' is my favorite book of all time. I was that kid that would come to the library and be like: 'There's more Stephen King? Great.'

If happy I and wretched he, Perhaps the king would change with me.

The greatest crime in a Shakespeare play is to murder the king.