I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I’m not going.
NINA SIMONEMy love is like the wind and wild is the wind. Give me more than one caress, satisfy my hungriness. Let the wind blow through your heart for wild is the wind.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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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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My love is like the wind and wild is the wind. Give me more than one caress, satisfy my hungriness. Let the wind blow through your heart for wild is the wind.
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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?
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I’m a real rebel with a cause.
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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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I look forward to doing my own show, not someone else’s. That’s always been my dream.
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What is love but a prelude to sorrow with heartache ahead for your goal.
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I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.
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It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day and I’m feeling good.
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I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs and good ones.
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That’s a very high goal to have, study eight hours a day to be a concert pianist.
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Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.
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I’m just human, I have faults like anyone.
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When a child is gifted, people try to help that child.
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I try to swim every damn day I can, and I’ve learned to scuba dive and snorkel.
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