Natalie Cole Quotes
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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.
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I like to grow and experiment, and as an artist, it's about kicking the bar up a little.
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The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is to love and be loved in return.
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The dialysis is to wash my blood, to keep my kidneys functioning.
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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.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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I love what I do so much. I just keep going. Not much can bring me down.
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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.
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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.
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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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.
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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 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.
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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.
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I'm just really, really thankful. I'm thankful to the doctors; I'm thankful to the family that donated the kidney.
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I was pretty young, but because of that first record, 'Cole Espanol,' we took our first trip - well, my first trip - to Mexico.
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I look 10 years younger than I am. Unfortunately, sometimes I act like I'm 10 years old.
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As miserable as I was, once I started singing, I felt better.
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If you don't have dialysis, absolutely, you will die. Dialysis is actually keeping me alive.
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I already had high blood pressure. I have hypertension. And I think the chemo was just too much for my kidneys. And they went into failure. And that was September 12th of 2008. And the doctor rushed me right to the hospital.
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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?'
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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.
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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.
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Like my father, I don't want to see anyone mistreated, anything like that. I'm very racial-conscious because my father had a lot of, you know, challenges in the area of race. I'm very sensitive to that kind of issue.