To be young, gifted and black!

NINA SIMONE

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To be young, gifted and black!

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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.

NINA SIMONE

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.
NINA SIMONE
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

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
I was not reluctant to become a singer. Singing has been an activity I’ve done my whole life, without thought.

NINA SIMONE

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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Singer
Talent is a burden not a joy. I am not of this planet. I do not come from you. I am not like you.

NINA SIMONE

Talent is a burden not a joy. I am not of this planet. I do not come from you. I am not like you.
NINA SIMONE
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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Expression See Singing
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.

NINA SIMONE

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.
NINA SIMONE
What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.

NINA SIMONE

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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Known Sanity
I try to swim every damn day I can, and I’ve learned to scuba dive and snorkel.

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I try to swim every damn day I can, and I’ve learned to scuba dive and snorkel.
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Day
I had heard blues and jazz all my life but I was never aware that it was associated with nightclubs and drinking.

NINA SIMONE

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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Assosiation Awareness Drinking
I would like you to know, I am a doctor of music.

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I would like you to know, I am a doctor of music.
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I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.

NINA SIMONE

I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.
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Day Singer
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.

NINA SIMONE

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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This is the world you have made yourself, now you have to live in it.

NINA SIMONE

This is the world you have made yourself, now you have to live in it.
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Music is a gift and a burden I’ve had since I can remember who I was.
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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.

NINA SIMONE

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.
NINA SIMONE

Equipment Particular
I don’t like to go to strange places. I was in Italy for about five hours on my way to Africa.
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