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I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.

Nina Simone

It’s logical that people from bad times will reflect their feelings in their communication. Music is part of the communication. If you lived it, you can do it.
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Bad Communication Live Logic People Reflection Time Yourself
I demand perfection in what I do, and I practice very hard before I give a concert-sometimes three to six hours a day.
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Day Demand Myself Perfection Practice
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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Crazy Drive Home Myself World
Music is an art and art has its own rules.
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Art Music Rule
Many times I feel different like a different person.
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Different Feeling Person Time
Desegregation is a joke.
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Joke Segregation
Every day has its emotional difficulties. I miss my mother whether I’m singing her music or not.
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Day Difficult Emotional Music Myself
What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.
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Change Known Question Sanity Togetherness
I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs and good ones.
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Instrument Myself Writing
Theory and harmony broadened my mind in music. I know what music is made of.
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Mindset Music Myself Theory
Funk, gospel, blues is all out of slavery times, out of depression, out of sorrow.
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Depression Slave Sorrow Time
I don’t like rap music at all. I don’t think it’s music. It’s just a beat and rapping.
NINA SIMONE

Music Myself
It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution – real girl’s talk.
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Reality Revolution Talk
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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Blow Heart Love Myself Satisfaction Wild Wind
To be young, gifted and black!
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Black One Liner Young
You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.
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Learning Love Serve Table Yourself

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