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 SIMONEIf I get an idea I put it on tape and somebody else writes it out.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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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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I would like you to know, I am a doctor of music.
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Jazz is not just music, it’s a way of life, it’s a way of being, a way of thinking the new inventive phrases we make up to describe things – all that to me is jazz just as much as the music we play.
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Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.
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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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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 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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Theory and harmony broadened my mind in music. I know what music is made of.
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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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I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.
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To be young, gifted and black!
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You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.
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Desegregation is a joke.
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I have a cultured manner of speaking.
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I think the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. I don’t think the black people are going to rise at all; I think most of them are going to die.
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Tomorrow, I might be in a different mood and you wouldn’t recognize my voice.
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Many times I feel different like a different person.
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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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Music is the center of my life.
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How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?
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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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It’s logical that people from bad times will reflect their feelings in their communication. Music is part of the communication. If you lived it, you can do it.
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It’s a good time for black people to be alive.
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To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that’s not what I play. I play black classical music.
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I would like a man now who is rich, and who can give me a boat – a sailboat. I want to own it and let him pay for it. My first love is the sea and water, not music. Music is second.
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Every day has its emotional difficulties. I miss my mother whether I’m singing her music or not.
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