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I believe in racial memory too. I’m sure I’ve got ancient African blood in me that has something to do with what I am.

Nina Simone

Slavery has never been abolished from America’s way of thinking.
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Abolish Slave Thinking Way
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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Alive Chance Dreams Feeling Myself
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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Dedication Introduction Music Myself Teacher World
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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Existence Kind Music Myself
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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Equipment Myself Particular Thinking
I was not reluctant to become a singer. Singing has been an activity I’ve done my whole life, without thought.
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Activity Life Myself Singer
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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Economics Forever Myself Rich Thinking
Life is short. People are not easy to know. They’re not easy to know, so if you don’t tell them how you feel, you’re not going to get anywhere, I feel.
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Easy Feeling Life Myself People
This is the world you have made yourself, now you have to live in it.
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Live World Yourself
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.
NINA SIMONE

Blow Heart Love Myself Satisfaction Wild Wind
I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.
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Fear Freedom Myself
I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.
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Day Myself People Politics Singer
Music is an art and art has its own rules.
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Art Music Rule
Theory and harmony broadened my mind in music. I know what music is made of.
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Mindset Music Myself Theory
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
You don’t have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.
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Equality Live Yourself

I believe in racial memory too. I’m sure I’ve got ancient African blood in me that has something to do with what I am.

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I believe in racial memory too. I’m sure I’ve got ancient African blood in me that has something to do with what I am.

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