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" Being my dad's daughter has allowed me to do a lot of things that maybe another artist might not be able to do or wouldn't be necessarily embraced doing. "

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" I'll never totally get away from being who I am, which first, to many, is the daughter of Nat King Cole, which became even more intensified with the 'Unforgettable' album. "

" I think people hear the warmth in my voice and the friendliness, and they think: 'Oh, she must be a very nice person'. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I like to grow and experiment, and as an artist, it's about kicking the bar up a little. "

" I never got to make that transition from little girl to young woman... and that really screws you up. "

" Losing people is dark, but some things you just have to accept. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I was pretty young, but because of that first record, 'Cole Espanol,' we took our first trip - well, my first trip - to Mexico. "

" I've always adored my father's music, but ever since I'd started singing, whether it was while I was still a student at the University of Massachusetts or professionally, I avoided Dad's material. "

" I continually acted up to get attention. My father gave me that, and once he left, I felt that I didn't have any. "

" I'm just really, really thankful. I'm thankful to the doctors; I'm thankful to the family that donated the kidney. "

" As miserable as I was, once I started singing, I felt better. "

" It's remarkable what a new kidney does to your life. I have no complaints... I'm pretty amazed. I have been working on my stamina. "

" 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. "

" It's the same girl-who-has-everything story. You know, the one where she's insecure and scared and unhappy and has marriage problems and doesn't know how to handle stardom and screws up right and left and gets in with the wrong people and goes down the drain. "

" It's hard to be in the shadow of a Beyonce. "

" Like my father, I don't want to see anyone mistreated, anything like that. I'm very racial-conscious because my father had a lot of, you know, challenges in the area of race. I'm very sensitive to that kind of issue. "

" When you make your living as a singer, you have to go where the gigs are. "

" I was pretty bad. When I first was diagnosed with kidney failure, my function - the function of my kidney was less than 8 percent. "

" I think that it's going to be interesting to see where Beyonce's career goes. "

" I would hate to look back on my life and go, 'You know, I wanted to do a rock n' roll album. I should have, and I never did.' "

" I didn't realize I was still grieving for my father at 30-something. "

" 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. "

" I have been to hell and back. I have seen the edge. I have seen the dark side of life. "

" I was going to college to be a doctor. "

" The dialysis is to wash my blood, to keep my kidneys functioning. "

" 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. "

" 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. "