Natalie Cole Quotes
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I have been to hell and back. I have seen the edge. I have seen the dark side of life.
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I feel enough distance from the person I used to be. I'm not ashamed about my life anymore, because I've learnt from it.
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The house where I grew up in the Hancock Park section of Los Angeles was like a dream - even though my family faced threats after my father bought it in August 1948.
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Physically, I've seen a change in my life. No, I haven't had a face lift or anything like that. I've grown. That's God's countenance.
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I felt that if I'm serious about acting, I would like people to see me as an actress. It's less of a stretch if I'm singing, unless I'm playing a character who sings.
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I think that talented people really do have insecurities, and that is one of the things that kind of motivates them, because that's one thing they know they're good at. And when they're up on that stage, you can do no wrong. The audience is yours; they're there to see you.
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I started saying, 'I don't want to be crazy anymore.' I need to make some changes. And the first thing I started doing was just got all the men out of my life, because that was a big problem for me. That was a crutch, if you will. You know, trying to define yourself through other people or men, in particular.
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I've had my share of doing things that I really wish I hadn't done.
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I think that I am a walking testimony to you can have scars. You can go through turbulent times and still have victory in your life.
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People said when I started, 'Why don't you just copy your father's style?' I had to be myself, singing my songs in my own way.
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When you make your living as a singer, you have to go where the gigs are.
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I think people just want to be popular. So they're going to write lyrics that are going to get your attention. You know, sometimes, they're a little graphic, and I don't think that's so necessary.
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I'm an ordinary person under extraordinary circumstances.
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I was determined to create my own identity. My first hits, in fact, were straight-up rhythm and blues. My voice was compared to Aretha Franklin's - though, for my money, no one compares to Aretha.
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There are some great human beings out there. That's all I can say.
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Aretha Franklin does not like me.
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I think we need to be sexy and kind of mysterious and still pretty and beautiful. I like to hear that when a man sings. I don't really want to hear about taking my clothes off.
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I've always loved Spanish. I love my father's Spanish records.
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We had some wonderful people raising us, but they still weren't our parents. As you get older, it gets distorted and convoluted, complicated, and, of course, you start looking for attention, affection, affinity in all the wrong places and in all the wrong ways.
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I've always been an extremist. Some of us have very addictive personalities, and for some of us, that mechanism gets tripped up. Mine certainly did. I'm not cured. You never are. The recovery is a day-to-day process.
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People say I look younger than the music I'm doing just because the songs are older. Hopefully I can keep my youthful look!
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It's the subtleties of a ballad that truly make it beautiful - and it's all in the way you present it to the listener.
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Nothing had been attempted like that, to lift Dad's voice, literally, off of that track and put it on a brand-new one, and then line it up, match it up, get the phrasing right. I remember listening - everyone listening at the end, and we were just enthralled. It was really wonderful.
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We are born with two kidneys and only need one to survive. Maybe God gave us the other one so that we could give it away.