Tomorrow, I might be in a different mood and you wouldn’t recognize my voice.
NINA SIMONEOnce 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.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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You don’t have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.
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I think the rich will eventually have to cave in too, because the economic situation around the world is not gonna tolerate the United States being on top forever.
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How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and souls of people who are unable to express it.
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It doesn’t matter to me what is going on today because my music encompasses every kind of mood that exists in human beings. That’s my stick.
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I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.
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Music is the center of my life.
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I know I’m different, but I don’t think about it.
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I had heard blues and jazz all my life but I was never aware that it was associated with nightclubs and drinking.
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It’s a good time for black people to be alive.
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You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.
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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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If I get an idea I put it on tape and somebody else writes it out.
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I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about… Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.
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Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.
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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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