Natalie Cole Quotes
Top 61 wise famous quotes and sayings by Natalie Cole
Natalie Cole Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
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.
People say I look younger than the music I'm doing just because the songs are older. Hopefully I can keep my youthful look!
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.
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 young, but because of that first record, 'Cole Espanol,' we took our first trip - well, my first trip - to Mexico.
I think people hear the warmth in my voice and the friendliness, and they think: 'Oh, she must be a very nice person'.
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 never got to make that transition from little girl to young woman ... and that really screws you up.
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'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.
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 feel enough distance from the person I used to be. I'm not ashamed about my life anymore, because I've learnt from it.
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.
As kids, we had no clue about the racial stuff that seemed to preoccupy adults. We just enjoyed our life as kids.
I'm just really, really thankful. I'm thankful to the doctors; I'm thankful to the family that donated the kidney.
I would never do an album with 10 songs like 'Jump Start' on it. I'll only go so far to please fans.
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.
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?
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 continually acted up to get attention. My father gave me that, and once he left, I felt that I didn't have any.
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.
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.
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 the subtleties of a ballad that truly make it beautiful - and it's all in the way you present it to the listener.
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.