Cab Calloway Quotes

It's about the music, not the color of the person playing the music.

Real progress will have been made when people don't care or even notice the color of a comedian when they'll just be concerned with whether he's funny.

We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions. We must pick out what is good for us where we can find it.

No one should walk into a party and have a stamp that says 'mayor' or 'businessman' on their head. Everyone is just there to have a good time.

I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool.

I would not hesitate to vote for a white person as president if I thought he was the best person for the job.

My father values talent. He is colorblind and gender neutral. When Donald Trump is in charge, all that counts is ability, excellence, and effort.

We're able to choose our candidate not based on gender or sex or anything else other than their ideas.

I would wish we would get to a place of colour-blind casting, where it didn't matter what colour skin you are, where you came from, anybody could play anybody and we didn't judge it.

I just treat every race the same.

I can't serve just the Negro cause. I've got to serve all the people of Massachusetts.

I don't care what gender someone is, or what race they are. Those things don't matter to me.

True equality means holding everyone accountable in the same way, regardless of race, gender, faith, ethnicity - or political ideology.

We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right.

What you find in the theatre is that if you're good, no matter what color you are, the audience will buy that - whoever you are.

The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so. You don't have to ask anyone or play politics. You don't have to wait for the reviews.

It demonstrates to his simple mind in the most positive manner that we have no prejudice against him on account of his race, and that while he behaves himself he will be treated the same as a white man.

I'd love for there to be a situation - a world in which that's just not even a question anymore. We are all filmmakers - different stripes, genders, sexual orientations, colors - and our work can be taken on its own terms. I'm really looking forward to that day.

Can I just tell you, I think it's the most beautiful thing about young people today, it gives me so much hope for the future, that they don't really recognize race the way my generation does.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

I didn't ever think of it as a social thing at the time. I took it as a good story. Maybe because I've always been kind of progressive so I never thought of it, you know.

I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences.

I'm not prejudiced in any way that I can think of. That's just not the guy I am.

I'm persuaded that sports is the one place where the rules are pretty well set out, where fans are equal. And if you got game or you're a good official, you make it here, whether you're white or you're black.

I treat everybody equal, and so I want to be sure that my listeners and my followers do the same if they're gonna represent me. And if I'm gonna represent them, then I also want to do it in a good way.