Top 104 Quotes by Natalie Cole

Aretha Franklin does not like me.

God was going to be to me the father that I never had, the father that I didn't have enough of, enough time with.

I imagine there are a lot of people who will never be able to accept me because they feel I've let them down, but I am a different person, and most people have welcomed me back in that spirit.

I love what I do so much. I just keep going. Not much can bring me down.

I know that God has had my back, even when I was screwing up.

There are a lot of great artists with great voices who aren't singing what they should be singing.

My father was a pioneer in so many ways. He was fearless, and I think that I kind of picked that up from him as well.

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 would never do an album with 10 songs like 'Jump Start' on it. I'll only go so far to please fans.