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To be young, gifted and black!

Nina Simone

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.
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Fly Myself Old Sun 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
How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?
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Artist Reflection Time
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
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
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
When a child is gifted, people try to help that child.
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Children Gift Help People
You can’t be different if you look at it. Being gifted is different. I had that in my piano playing. I’m very thankful for that. I’m very aware of that. The style and what I fed is just me. I never worked at it. It just happened.
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Awareness Different Gift Myself Thankful Work
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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Love Man Myself Pay Rich Sea Water
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
Music is the center of my life.
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Life Music One Liner
Theory and harmony broadened my mind in music. I know what music is made of.
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Mindset Music Myself Theory
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 try to swim every damn day I can, and I’ve learned to scuba dive and snorkel.
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Day Learning Myself
To be young, gifted and black!
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Black One Liner Young
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

To be young, gifted and black!

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