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 More Quotes by Natalie Cole More Quotes From Natalie Cole 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 learning teaching people 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 disappointed elements men 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 song people looks 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. Natalie Cole love country thinking I don't think that my parents even imagined that I would be exposed to drugs. In those days, for some reason, it was not talked about, just like sex was not talked about. Natalie Cole parent sex thinking My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture. Natalie Cole typical idols culture I've had my share of doing things that I really wish I hadn't done. Natalie Cole done share wish Life is such a gift, I just say thank you all day. Natalie Cole day you thank-you life I have been to hell and back. I have seen the edge. I have seen the dark side of life. Natalie Cole dark-side hell dark life I love what I do so much. I just keep going. Not much can bring me down. Natalie Cole down me keep-going love I'm an ordinary person under extraordinary circumstances. Natalie Cole person extraordinary circumstances 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. Natalie Cole woman be-kind singing music If you don't have dialysis, absolutely, you will die. Dialysis is actually keeping me alive. Natalie Cole die will me you I know that God has had my back, even when I was screwing up. Natalie Cole back up know god 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. Natalie Cole you time believe people We have to stop rewarding bad behavior. Natalie Cole stop bad bad-behavior behavior The dialysis is to wash my blood, to keep my kidneys functioning. Natalie Cole wash keep blood It's hard to be in the shadow of a Beyonce. Natalie Cole beyonce hard shadow I've always been an extremist. Some of us have very addictive personalities, and for some of us, that mechanism gets tripped up. Mine certainly did. I'm not cured. You never are. The recovery is a day-to-day process. Natalie Cole never you always process God surrounded me with people of faith, people of strong faith, people of power, spiritual power, and I saw little miracles happen in their lives. By it happening in their lives, I started believing it could happen to me. Natalie Cole me power faith god