I would like you to know, I am a doctor of music.
NINA SIMONEIt’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.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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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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You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.
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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 try to swim every damn day I can, and I’ve learned to scuba dive and snorkel.
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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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I demand perfection in what I do, and I practice very hard before I give a concert-sometimes three to six hours a day.
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The worst thing about that kind of prejudice is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds you self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough.
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You don’t have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.
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I’m a real rebel with a cause.
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Slavery has never been abolished from America’s way of thinking.
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Tomorrow, I might be in a different mood and you wouldn’t recognize my voice.
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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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You can’t help it. An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect the times.
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Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.
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There’s no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.
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