I’m a real rebel with a cause.
NINA SIMONEI feel more alive now than I ever have in my life. I have a chance to live, as I’ve dreamed.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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I’m sorry that I did not become the world’s first black classic pianist. I think I would have been happier.
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Every day has its emotional difficulties. I miss my mother whether I’m singing her music or not.
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Slavery has never been abolished from America’s way of thinking.
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I would like a man now who is rich, and who can give me a boat – a sailboat. I want to own it and let him pay for it. My first love is the sea and water, not music. Music is second.
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Music is an art and art has its own rules.
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Jazz is not just music, it’s a way of life, it’s a way of being, a way of thinking.
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I don’t like to go to strange places. I was in Italy for about five hours on my way to Africa.
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I know I’m different, but I don’t think about it.
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Through music you can become sad, joyful, loving, you can learn. You can learn mathematics, touch, pacing Oh my God! Ooh Wow You can see colors through music. Anything!
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If I get an idea I put it on tape and somebody else writes it out.
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Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I’m lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home.
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I was not reluctant to become a singer. Singing has been an activity I’ve done my whole life, without thought.
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You can’t be different if you look at it. Being gifted is different. I had that in my piano playing. I’m very thankful for that. I’m very aware of that. The style and what I fed is just me. I never worked at it. It just happened.
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I believe in racial memory too. I’m sure I’ve got ancient African blood in me that has something to do with what I am.
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Talent is a burden not a joy. I am not of this planet. I do not come from you. I am not like you.
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