Natalie Cole

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 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.

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.

Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.

I love karaoke. I love maudlin country ballads. In another life, I'd be Loretta Lynn.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.