I know I’m different, but I don’t think about it.
NINA SIMONEMusic is an art and art has its own rules.
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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 a real rebel with a cause.
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Birds flying high you know how I feel Sun in the sky you know how I feel Breeze driftin’ on by you know how I feel And this old world is a new world And a bold world For me And I’m feeling good I’m feeling good.
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Once I understood Bach’s music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher who introduced me to his world.
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Music is an art and art has its own rules.
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It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution – real girl’s talk.
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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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How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?
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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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I don’t like rap music at all. I don’t think it’s music. It’s just a beat and rapping.
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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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You can’t help it. An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect the times.
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It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day and I’m feeling good.
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This is the world you have made yourself, now you have to live in it.
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Theory and harmony broadened my mind in music. I know what music is made of.
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