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" 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. "

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" 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.' "

Natalie Cole

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

Natalie Cole

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

" 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. "

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

" It's the subtleties of a ballad that truly make it beautiful - and it's all in the way you present it to the listener. "

" 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 feel enough distance from the person I used to be. I'm not ashamed about my life anymore, because I've learnt from it. "

" If you don't have dialysis, absolutely, you will die. Dialysis is actually keeping me alive. "

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

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

" 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. "

Natalie Cole

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" Life is such a gift, I just say thank you all day. "

" When you have put all your faith in man and continue to be disappointed, don't you hope there is something out of there that is not of human element? "

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

" The worst I think that I ever was, when 'Unforgettable' had come out, and not long after that I was on - I was on my way to my second divorce. And that was a crushing, crushing blow. "

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

" 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 can laugh at myself because I've had to. Everything would have been much worse if I'd been the singing son of Nat 'King' Cole. "

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

" As kids, we had no clue about the racial stuff that seemed to preoccupy adults. We just enjoyed our life as kids. "

" 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'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'm an ordinary person under extraordinary circumstances. "

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

" My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture. "

" We have to stop rewarding bad behavior. "

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

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