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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. "
Natalie Cole
Start
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Never
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" 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. "
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