14 Quotes & Sayings By Natalie Cole

Natalie Cole is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and pianist. She has a voice that has been described as a "delicate alto" and a "gorgeously rich alto" with a "strong, graceful tone". Cole's debut album, Natalie Cole, was released in 1973 and was certified gold by the RIAA. Following several years of less visible releases, she resurfaced in 1986 with her critically acclaimed second album Unforgettable Read more

In 1990 she starred in her self-titled reality series on VH1, which documented her life as a recording artist. In 1991 she won the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for her single "This Will Be," and followed it up in 1992 with her second Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for the song "(There's) No Way." In 1992 she signed to Capitol Records, but her third album never materialized. Cole continued to record and release solo albums sporadically over the course of the next decade—her last studio album (and only one to be released during her lifetime) was Believe (2002)—and became a favorite live act for many fans of live jazz music due to her classy stage presence and ability to improvise songs based on audience reaction.

Her final performance was at the Beacon Theater in New York City on December 31, 2007. She died on March 12, 2015 at the age of 68 after suffering heart failure while recovering from hip surgery.

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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. Natalie Cole
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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
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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. Natalie Cole
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There's inevitably something missing when you grow up in this kind of an environment when your parents travel a lot. When your father is famous, you are looked at and expected of. There are standards you need to meet. Natalie Cole
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The medication I had to take was a form of chemotherapy. You feel like death every day. No appetite. No energy. But the treatment worked. It cured my liver 80 per cent but compromised my kidneys. Natalie Cole
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I have been on dialysis in Istanbul, Milan, Indonesia, Manila, London. It's - it's amazing. Natalie Cole
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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. Natalie Cole
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It's important to wallow and grieve when you have a health issue. I don't think you really get the best stuff out of life until you've had the worst stuff. Natalie Cole
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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
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I'm a born-again Christian. I was raised Episcopalian - I've always been of a Christian faith, but I became much more active in it when I married my first husband, Marvin. I changed from Episcopalian to Baptist. Natalie Cole
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It's the same girl-who-has-everything story. You know, the one where she's insecure and scared and unhappy and has marriage problems and doesn't know how to handle stardom and screws up right and left and gets in with the wrong people and goes down the drain. Natalie Cole
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I thank my dad for leaving me such a wonderful, wonderful heritage. Natalie Cole
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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. Natalie Cole