I would like you to know, I am a doctor of music.
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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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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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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You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.
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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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There’s no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.
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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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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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It’s a good time for black people to be alive.
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Slavery has never been abolished from America’s way of thinking.
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How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?
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I’m sorry that I did not become the world’s first black classic pianist. I think I would have been happier.
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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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The allusion was that I was actually naked. I loved that. It always, kind of shocked people enough that they became mine immediately.
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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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