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Nina Simone

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
It is difficult to retain your standards with the pressure of trying to make money, which always has its rules. It’s hard to walk the tightrope of doing what you think is your best and making money at it.
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Difficult Hard Money Rule Standard Yourself
Since I was three I’ve been playing the piano. I’ve been onstage.
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Instrument Myself Play
Slavery has never been abolished from America’s way of thinking.
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Abolish Slave Thinking Way
My job is not done. I address my songs now to the third world. I am popular all over Asia and Africa and the Middle East, not to speak of South Africa, where I’m trying to go to see Nelson Mandela.
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Address Job Myself Popular See Song
How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?
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Artist Reflection Time
You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.
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Learning Serve Yourself
Many times I feel different like a different person.
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Different Feeling Person Time
You can’t help it. An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect the times.
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Artist Help Reflection Time
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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Dedication Excellence Freedom Music Myself Pursue
I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I’m not going.
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Important Music Myself Thinking
I know I’m different, but I don’t think about it.
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Different Myself Thinking
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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Alone Feeling Listening Myself People
I have a cultured manner of speaking.
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Culture Myself Speak
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
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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Music Myself

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