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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. "

Natalie Cole

School

Home

Door

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" I think that I am a walking testimony to you can have scars. You can go through turbulent times and still have victory in your life. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I couldn't breathe. I - I went into - literally, my kidneys stopped functioning. They stopped, you know, processing the fluid that was starting to build up in my body. "

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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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Never

" 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. "

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

" 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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Lot

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

" 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.' "

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

" We have to stop rewarding bad behavior. "

" 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. "

" I think people hear the warmth in my voice and the friendliness, and they think: 'Oh, she must be a very nice person'. "

" Las Vegas has the type of audience - and they haven't changed since my father's days - they're still boring and bored. And there's only that handful of artists that they really enjoy and know how to respond to. "

" When I did 'Unforgettable,' it wasn't appropriate for us to take liberties with that music. There had to be kind of a fine line between what had made it so great and the fact that a woman was singing it. We changed some of the arrangements, but not too much. "

" 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. "

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

" Aretha Franklin does not like me. "

Natalie Cole

Aretha Franklin

Does

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

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

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

Natalie Cole

Dark

Losing

" 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. "

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

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

" I imagine there are a lot of people who will never be able to accept me because they feel I've let them down, but I am a different person, and most people have welcomed me back in that spirit. "