Natalie Cole
Natalie Cole
Natalie Maria Colewas an American singer-songwriter, and actress. The daughter of Nat King Cole, she rose to musical success in the mid-1970s as an R&B artist with the hits "This Will Be", "Inseparable", and "Our Love". After a period of failing sales and performances due to a heavy drug addiction, Cole re-emerged as a pop artist with the 1987 album Everlasting and her cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Pink Cadillac". In the 1990s, she re-recorded standards by her father, resulting in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJazz Singer
Date of Birth6 February 1950
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Even when I had no money, I spent everything I had on clothes.
By the time I approached my forties, I had the self-assurance to approach all the genres I love so deeply: R & B, rock, jazz, and pop.
As miserable as I was, once I started singing, I felt better.
As kids, we had no clue about the racial stuff that seemed to preoccupy adults. We just enjoyed our life as kids.
When you reach 50, what you care about is being honest, being accurate, and being an example.
I'm a born-again Christian. I was raised Episcopalian - I've always been of a Christian faith, but I became much more active in it when I married my first husband, Marvin. I changed from Episcopalian to Baptist.
I know that God has had my back, even when I was screwing up.
I'm just really, really thankful. I'm thankful to the doctors; I'm thankful to the family that donated the kidney.
I never got to make that transition from little girl to young woman... and that really screws you up.
I get hugs all the time from strangers. I do believe that people can feel your persona when you perform live, but it is one of the nicest things if you can translate that on your records.
When I did 'Unforgettable,' it wasn't appropriate for us to take liberties with that music. There had to be kind of a fine line between what had made it so great and the fact that a woman was singing it. We changed some of the arrangements, but not too much.
We used to have to arrange things around the dialysis. I would have to plan where to play so I could be back in time, and couldn't go too far.
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.
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.