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
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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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Every day has its emotional difficulties. I miss my mother whether I’m singing her music or not.
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I don’t like rap music at all. I don’t think it’s music. It’s just a beat and rapping.
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Jazz is not just music, it’s a way of life, it’s a way of being, a way of thinking.
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Theory and harmony broadened my mind in music. I know what music is made of.
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I feel more alive now than I ever have in my life. I have a chance to live, as I’ve dreamed.
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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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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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My name sounds French but that’s just a stage name.
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You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.
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I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I’m not going.
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To be young, gifted and black!
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What is love but a prelude to sorrow with heartache ahead for your goal.
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You can’t help it. An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to 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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Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
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