From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.
NINA SIMONEIf I want to take a particular form of blues somewhere else I have the equipment to do it but I never even thought of it.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day and I’m feeling good.
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When a child is gifted, people try to help that child.
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Music is the center of my life.
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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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You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.
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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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I love the classics but there are many new ideas to be made into reality. I’d rather be concerned with my own thing. There are many masters of classical piano so I’ll leave it to them.
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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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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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If I want to take a particular form of blues somewhere else I have the equipment to do it but I never even thought of it.
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Many times I feel different like a different person.
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Everything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was part of everyday life, as automatic as breathing.
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Slavery has never been abolished from America’s way of thinking.
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