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Natalie Cole quotes: There are some great human beings out there. That's all I can say.

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

Natalie Cole quotes: My father led by example. He wasn't much of a talker - he walked life.

My father led by example. He wasn't much of a talker - he walked life.

Natalie Cole quotes: I've had my share of doing things that I really wish I hadn't done.

I've had my share of doing things that I really wish I hadn't done.

Natalie Cole quotes: 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.

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.

Natalie Cole quotes: 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.

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.

Natalie Cole quotes: I was going to college to be a doctor.

I was going to college to be a doctor.

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

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

Natalie Cole quotes: When you reach 50, what you care about is being honest, being accurate, and being an example.

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

Natalie Cole quotes: 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.

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

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

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

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

Natalie Cole quotes: Life is such a gift, I just say thank you all day.

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

Natalie Cole quotes: I have been on dialysis in Istanbul, Milan, Indonesia, Manila, London. It's - it's amazing.

I have been on dialysis in Istanbul, Milan, Indonesia, Manila, London. It's - it's amazing.

Natalie Cole quotes: I thank my dad for leaving me such a wonderful, wonderful heritage.

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

Natalie Cole quotes: I think that it's going to be interesting to see where Beyonce's career goes.

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

Natalie Cole quotes: I like to grow and experiment, and as an artist, it's about kicking the bar up a little.

I like to grow and experiment, and as an artist, it's about kicking the bar up a little.

Natalie Cole quotes: I was pretty young, but because of that first record, 'Cole Espanol,' we took our first trip - well, my first trip - to Mexico.

I was pretty young, but because of that first record, 'Cole Espanol,' we took our first trip - well, my first trip - to Mexico.

Natalie Cole quotes: I think that I sound a lot better than Diana Ross.

I think that I sound a lot better than Diana Ross.

Natalie Cole quotes: I didn't realize I was still grieving for my father at 30-something.

I didn't realize I was still grieving for my father at 30-something.

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

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 quotes: 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.

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.

Natalie Cole quotes: I never got to make that transition from little girl to young woman ... and that really screws you up.

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

Natalie Cole quotes: 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.'

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 quotes: I have been to hell and back. I have seen the edge. I have seen the dark side of life.

I have been to hell and back. I have seen the edge. I have seen the dark side of life.

Natalie Cole quotes: 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.

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.

Natalie Cole quotes: Even when I had no money, I spent everything I had on clothes.

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

Natalie Cole quotes: 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.

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.

Natalie Cole quotes: The dialysis is to wash my blood, to keep my kidneys functioning.

The dialysis is to wash my blood, to keep my kidneys functioning.

Natalie Cole quotes: I love what I do so much. I just keep going. Not much can bring me down.

I love what I do so much. I just keep going. Not much can bring me down.

Natalie Cole quotes: 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.

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.

Natalie Cole quotes: If you don't shop smart, you get a little trendy.

If you don't shop smart, you get a little trendy.

Natalie Cole quotes: I know that God has had my back, even when I was screwing up.

I know that God has had my back, even when I was screwing up.

Natalie Cole quotes: I've always loved Spanish. I love my father's Spanish records.

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

Natalie Cole quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Natalie Cole quotes: Losing people is dark, but some things you just have to accept.

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

Natalie Cole quotes: As miserable as I was, once I started singing, I felt better.

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

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

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

Natalie Cole quotes: I'm just really, really thankful. I'm thankful to the doctors; I'm thankful to the family that donated the kidney.

I'm just really, really thankful. I'm thankful to the doctors; I'm thankful to the family that donated the kidney.

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

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

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

Natalie Cole quotes: 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?'

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?'

Natalie Cole quotes: 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.

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.

Natalie Cole quotes: 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 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?

Natalie Cole quotes: When you make your living as a singer, you have to go where the gigs are.

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

Natalie Cole quotes: I'm an ordinary person under extraordinary circumstances.

I'm an ordinary person under extraordinary circumstances.

Natalie Cole quotes: It's hard to be in the shadow of a Beyonce.

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

Natalie Cole quotes: 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.

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.

Natalie Cole quotes: Aretha Franklin does not like me.

Aretha Franklin does not like me.

Natalie Cole quotes: I continually acted up to get attention. My father gave me that, and once he left, I felt that I didn't have any.

I continually acted up to get attention. My father gave me that, and once he left, I felt that I didn't have any.

Natalie Cole quotes: 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.

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.

Natalie Cole quotes: If you don't have dialysis, absolutely, you will die. Dialysis is actually keeping me alive.

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

Natalie Cole quotes: What's really important? That I'm an individual, I guess. I am an individual - a strong one, too. I'm Natalie Cole. I gotta be me.

What's really important? That I'm an individual, I guess. I am an individual - a strong one, too. I'm Natalie Cole. I gotta be me.

Natalie Cole quotes: There are a lot of great artists with great voices who aren't singing what they should be singing.

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

Natalie Cole quotes: 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.

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.

Natalie Cole quotes: My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.

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

Natalie Cole quotes: 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.

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.

Natalie Cole quotes: I look 10 years younger than I am. Unfortunately, sometimes I act like I'm 10 years old.

I look 10 years younger than I am. Unfortunately, sometimes I act like I'm 10 years old.

Natalie Cole quotes: People don't always have the vision, and the secret for the person with the vision is to stand up. It takes a lot of courage.

People don't always have the vision, and the secret for the person with the vision is to stand up. It takes a lot of courage.

Natalie Cole quotes: We have to stop rewarding bad behavior.

We have to stop rewarding bad behavior.

Natalie Cole quotes: 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.

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.