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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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" I like Kelly Rowland, I think that she's great. It's hard to come out of the group of Destiny's Child and still kick some butt. "

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" The medication I had to take was a form of chemotherapy. You feel like death every day. No appetite. No energy. But the treatment worked. It cured my liver 80 per cent but compromised my kidneys. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" When you reach 50, what you care about is being honest, being accurate, and being an example. "

" 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.' "

" I've always been interested in the office. I was a secretary a long time ago, and I've always been into paperwork. My first secretarial job was 1965 or 1966. "

" It's important to wallow and grieve when you have a health issue. I don't think you really get the best stuff out of life until you've had the worst stuff. "

" People say I look younger than the music I'm doing just because the songs are older. Hopefully I can keep my youthful look! "

" You shouldn't have regrets. I'd say instead that I've learned a lot of lessons. Yes, I could have handled some things better. But they've also made me who I am today. "

Natalie Cole

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" I like Babyface, but he keeps the good stuff for himself. If he's willing to give his good stuff to me, we'll talk. But it can't be any of his B-grade stuff. "

Natalie Cole

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

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

" I've always loved Spanish. I love my father's Spanish records. "

" I still love recording and still love the stage, but like my dad, I have the most fun when I am in front of that glorious orchestra or that kick-butt big band. "

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

" A lot of people want to donate a kidney, but they're not in a position to because they have health issues of their own, and a lot of people need them. That's why the list is long and it takes a long time. "

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

Natalie Cole

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" By the time I approached my forties, I had the self-assurance to approach all the genres I love so deeply: R & B, rock, jazz, and pop. "

" 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 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. "

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

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

" 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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" 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. "