I try to swim every damn day I can, and I’ve learned to scuba dive and snorkel.
NINA SIMONETo be young, gifted and black!
More Nina Simone Quotes
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I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs and good ones.
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I’m a real rebel with a cause.
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I had heard blues and jazz all my life but I was never aware that it was associated with nightclubs and drinking.
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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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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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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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It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day and I’m feeling good.
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To be young, gifted and black!
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It’s time to take a look at my failures and stop calling them successes. Now I can start working at something that can use me best.
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I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.
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Music is an art and art has its own rules.
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When a child is gifted, people try to help that child.
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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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I love the classics but there are many new ideas to be made into reality. I’d rather be concerned with my own thing. There are many masters of classical piano so I’ll leave it to them.
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How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?
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