A biography for Natalie Colehasn’t been written yet.
“Even when I had no money, I spent everything I had on clothes.”
“One thing that stays the same is my passion for music. Other than that, I've become more dedicated. I think that I really work much harder than I ever did when I first started at my craft; I'm more dedicated, and I have become a perfectionist.”
“When I sang my father's songs in concert, that was all people wanted to hear. I was always asking myself, 'Can I measure up?'”
“I don't think anyone can measure up to what my father had achieved. I'm just happy to at least play some of his music, but he is really the one who was the pioneer, the one who started all this. He's really The King.”
“As kids, we had no clue about the racial stuff that seemed to preoccupy adults. We just enjoyed our life as kids.”
“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.”
“It's hard to be in the shadow of a Beyonce.”
“I know that God has had my back, even when I was screwing up.”
“I'd sometimes fly for 14 hours, then go straight to dialysis. I spent a little time being tired, but we managed. I'm not a pity-party person.”
“As miserable as I was, once I started singing, I felt better.”
“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.”
“I'm the type of person who won't cancel a show even if I don't feel my best.”
“I like Babyface, but he keeps the good stuff for himself. If he's willing to give his good stuff to me, we'll talk. But it can't be any of his B-grade stuff.”
“When I was old enough to walk home alone from school, I loved seeing our house from a distance. It sat on the corner of South Muirfield Road and West 4th Street and had this proud, majestic look. But I rarely went through the front door. The back was more dramatic.”
“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 that it's going to be interesting to see where Beyonce's career goes.”
“I couldn't breathe. I - I went into - literally, my kidneys stopped functioning. They stopped, you know, processing the fluid that was starting to build up in my body.”
“There's inevitably something missing when you grow up in this kind of an environment when your parents travel a lot. When your father is famous, you are looked at and expected of. There are standards you need to meet.”
“You shouldn't have regrets. I'd say instead that I've learned a lot of lessons. Yes, I could have handled some things better. But they've also made me who I am today.”
“I'm just really, really thankful. I'm thankful to the doctors; I'm thankful to the family that donated the kidney.”