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Music is a gift and a burden I’ve had since I can remember who I was.

Nina Simone

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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Kind Love Myself Naked People
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
My name sounds French but that’s just a stage name.
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Home Name Sound Stage
You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.
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Learning Serve Yourself
I made wine from the lilac tree/Put my heart in its recipe/It makes me see what I want to see/And be what I want to be.
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Myself See Tree Wine
Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.
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Burden Joy Music Myself Remember
I don’t like drug addicts and she sounds like a cat.
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Addiction Cat Drugs Myself Sound
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’m just human, I have faults like anyone.
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Human Mistake Myself
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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Burden Myself Planet Talent
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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Blood Identity Memories Myself Race
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
Everything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was part of everyday life, as automatic as breathing.
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Breathe Children Life Music Myself
Music is an art and art has its own rules.
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Art Music Rule
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
I do love to sing Jacques Brel songs, intensely. I get terribly excited, just by reading a couple of lines in any one of his songs.
NINA SIMONE

Couple Excitement Intense Love Myself Reading

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