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You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.

Nina Simone

Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” a song that was written for Simone, she confronted the band’s lead singer, Eric Burdon. “So you’re the honky,” she said, “who stole my song and got a hit out of it?
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Herself Leadership Misunderstanding Singing Writing Yourself
To be young, gifted and black!
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Black One Liner Young
I would like you to know, I am a doctor of music.
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Doctor Music Myself Yourself
Music is an art and art has its own rules.
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Art Music Rule
We have ordered things so long in a certain way, we are numb. Nobody dares question it. This is what is wrong, symbolically, with America.
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Dare Order Question Symbol Wrong
How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?
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Artist Reflection Time
I have a cultured manner of speaking.
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Culture Myself Speak
Since I was three I’ve been playing the piano. I’ve been onstage.
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Instrument Myself Play
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
Through music you can become sad, joyful, loving, you can learn. You can learn mathematics, touch, pacing Oh my God! Ooh Wow You can see colors through music. Anything!
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Colors Learning Mathematics Music Sadness Yourself
It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day and I’m feeling good.
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Day Feeling Good Morning Myself
Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I’m lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home.
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Crazy Drive Home Myself World
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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Failure Start Success Time Work
There’s no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.
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Excuse Hero Known People Young
To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that’s not what I play. I play black classical music.
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Music Myself People 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

You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.

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You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.

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