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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.

Nina Simone

What is love but a prelude to sorrow with heartache ahead for your goal.
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Goal Love Sorrow Yourself
I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I’m not going.
NINA SIMONE

Important Music Myself Thinking
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.
NINA SIMONE

Fly Myself Old Sun World
My singing, if you want to call it that is merely another medium of expression. Just an instrument I play. That’s how I see my voice.
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Call Expression Instrument Myself See Singing Voice
I don’t like drug addicts and she sounds like a cat.
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Addiction Cat Drugs Myself Sound
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
I don’t like rap music at all. I don’t think it’s music. It’s just a beat and rapping.
NINA SIMONE

Music Myself
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!
NINA SIMONE

Colors Learning Mathematics Music Sadness Yourself
I try to swim every damn day I can, and I’ve learned to scuba dive and snorkel.
NINA SIMONE

Day Learning Myself
If I get an idea I put it on tape and somebody else writes it out.
NINA SIMONE

Ideas Myself Writing
When a child is gifted, people try to help that child.
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Children Gift Help People
Since I was three I’ve been playing the piano. I’ve been onstage.
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Instrument Myself Play
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
From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.
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Beginning Black Woman
Music is an art and art has its own rules.
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Art Music Rule
I was not reluctant to become a singer. Singing has been an activity I’ve done my whole life, without thought.
NINA SIMONE

Activity Life Myself Singer

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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