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" I think people hear the warmth in my voice and the friendliness, and they think: 'Oh, she must be a very nice person'. "
Natalie Cole
Voice
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" As miserable as I was, once I started singing, I felt better. "
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" I already had high blood pressure. I have hypertension. And I think the chemo was just too much for my kidneys. And they went into failure. And that was September 12th of 2008. And the doctor rushed me right to the hospital. "
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" I have been to hell and back. I have seen the edge. I have seen the dark side of life. "
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" 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. "
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" I started saying, 'I don't want to be crazy anymore.' I need to make some changes. And the first thing I started doing was just got all the men out of my life, because that was a big problem for me. That was a crutch, if you will. You know, trying to define yourself through other people or men, in particular. "
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" I never got to make that transition from little girl to young woman... and that really screws you up. "
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" 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. "
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" I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" My father led by example. He wasn't much of a talker - he walked life. "
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" I'm a born-again Christian. I was raised Episcopalian - I've always been of a Christian faith, but I became much more active in it when I married my first husband, Marvin. I changed from Episcopalian to Baptist. "
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" I think that it's going to be interesting to see where Beyonce's career goes. "
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" I've always been an extremist. Some of us have very addictive personalities, and for some of us, that mechanism gets tripped up. Mine certainly did. I'm not cured. You never are. The recovery is a day-to-day process. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm just really, really thankful. I'm thankful to the doctors; I'm thankful to the family that donated the kidney. "
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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. "
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" I was madly in love with Elvis Presley. Dad wasn't into it at all, at least not for himself as a performer. He used to say, 'Mr. Cole does not rock n' roll.' "
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" I love what I do so much. I just keep going. Not much can bring me down. "
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" 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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" We are born with two kidneys and only need one to survive. Maybe God gave us the other one so that we could give it away. "
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" One of these days, I'd like to put together a revue of all my music, which would probably turn into a marathon. There's a couple of hit songs from almost every phase of my career. At the same time, visually, if you don't handle it properly, it could be a cacophony of craziness, because there's just so many different kinds of music. "
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