It's hard to be in the shadow of a Beyonce. 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 learningteachingpeople 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 disappointedelementsmen 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 songpeoplelooks 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 lovecountrythinking 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 parentsexthinking My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture. Natalie Cole typicalidolsculture I've had my share of doing things that I really wish I hadn't done. Natalie Cole donesharewish Life is such a gift, I just say thank you all day. Natalie Cole dayyouthank-youlife I have been to hell and back. I have seen the edge. I have seen the dark side of life. Natalie Cole dark-sidehelldarklife I love what I do so much. I just keep going. Not much can bring me down. Natalie Cole downmekeep-goinglove 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 i-amyouvictorylife I'm an ordinary person under extraordinary circumstances. Natalie Cole personextraordinarycircumstances 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 womanbe-kindsingingmusic If you don't have dialysis, absolutely, you will die. Dialysis is actually keeping me alive. Natalie Cole diewillmeyou I know that God has had my back, even when I was screwing up. Natalie Cole backupknowgod 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 youtimebelievepeople We have to stop rewarding bad behavior. Natalie Cole stopbadbad-behaviorbehavior The dialysis is to wash my blood, to keep my kidneys functioning. Natalie Cole washkeepblood 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 neveryoualwaysprocess 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 mepowerfaithgod
