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

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" 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. "

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" I managed to survive the worst things any entertainer could possibly go through. "

" I'm the type of person who won't cancel a show even if I don't feel my best. "

" 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. "

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" I thank my dad for leaving me such a wonderful, wonderful heritage. "

" 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'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. "

" My friend was on dialysis for six years before he got a new kidney. I was on dialysis for eight months. I'm almost not even the typical person who has kidney failure. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees. "

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

" Even when I had no money, I spent everything I had on clothes. "

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" 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. "

" There were so many groups that I had in college, but I was always the solo singer. But what made it so unusual back in the day was that I was a black girl playing with all these white musicians, and I was also singing rock music on top of it. "

" I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it. "

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" I think foreign countries really do like it when American artists sing in their language. And when you go over there and say, 'Hi, how are you?' in their language, they love it. It makes them feel like you're doing it just for them. We in America take so much for granted. "

" I don't think that my parents even imagined that I would be exposed to drugs. In those days, for some reason, it was not talked about, just like sex was not talked about. "

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" There are some great human beings out there. That's all I can say. "