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You don’t have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.

Nina Simone

Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” a song that was written for Simone, she confronted the band’s lead singer, Eric Burdon. “So you’re the honky,” she said, “who stole my song and got a hit out of it?
NINA SIMONE

Herself Leadership Misunderstanding Singing Writing Yourself
Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
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Black Definition Myself People
You can’t help it. An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect the times.
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Artist Help Reflection Time
It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day and I’m feeling good.
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Day Feeling Good Morning Myself
That’s a very high goal to have, study eight hours a day to be a concert pianist.
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Goal Musician Study
I feel more alive now than I ever have in my life. I have a chance to live, as I’ve dreamed.
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Alive Chance Dreams Feeling Myself
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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Colors Learning Mathematics Music Sadness Yourself
I feel what they feel. And people who listen to me know that, and it makes them feel like they’re not alone.
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Alone Feeling Listening Myself People
You don’t have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.
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Equality Live Yourself
We have ordered things so long in a certain way, we are numb. Nobody dares question it. This is what is wrong, symbolically, with America.
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Dare Order Question Symbol Wrong
To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that’s not what I play. I play black classical music.
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Music Myself People Play
Theory and harmony broadened my mind in music. I know what music is made of.
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Mindset Music Myself Theory
It’s time to take a look at my failures and stop calling them successes. Now I can start working at something that can use me best.
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Failure Start Success Time Work
I don’t like drug addicts and she sounds like a cat.
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Addiction Cat Drugs Myself Sound
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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Happiness Musician Myself Sorry World
What is love but a prelude to sorrow with heartache ahead for your goal.
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Goal Love Sorrow Yourself

You don’t have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.

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