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.

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 imagine there are a lot of people who will never be able to accept me because they feel I've let them down, but I am a different person, and most people have welcomed me back in that spirit.

I'll never totally get away from being who I am, which first, to many, is the daughter of Nat King Cole, which became even more intensified with the 'Unforgettable' album.

I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy.

Yes, I guess I am bi-coastal.