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I feel what they feel. And people who listen to me know that, and it makes them feel like they’re not alone.

Nina Simone

Jazz is not just music, it’s a way of life, it’s a way of being, a way of thinking.
NINA SIMONE

Life Music Thinking Way
I look forward to doing my own show, not someone else’s. That’s always been my dream.
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Dreams Myself Show
If I get an idea I put it on tape and somebody else writes it out.
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Ideas Myself Writing
I’m just human, I have faults like anyone.
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Human Mistake Myself
How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and souls of people who are unable to express it.
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Explanation Expression Feeling Poetry Soul Stage Yourself
You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.
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Learning Serve Yourself
I feel what they feel. And people who listen to me know that, and it makes them feel like they’re not alone.
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Alone Feeling Listening Myself People
I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs and good ones.
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Instrument Myself Writing
Every day has its emotional difficulties. I miss my mother whether I’m singing her music or not.
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Day Difficult Emotional Music Myself
Tomorrow, I might be in a different mood and you wouldn’t recognize my voice.
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Different Identity Myself Recognition Voice
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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Activity Life Myself Singer
I know I’m different, but I don’t think about it.
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Different Myself Thinking
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
Since I was three I’ve been playing the piano. I’ve been onstage.
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Instrument Myself Play
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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Myself Place Strange Time Travel
I’m a real rebel with a cause.
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Reality Reason Rebel

I feel what they feel. And people who listen to me know that, and it makes them feel like they’re not alone.

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I feel what they feel. And people who listen to me know that, and it makes them feel like they’re not alone.

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