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Everything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was part of everyday life, as automatic as breathing.

Nina Simone

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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Alive Chance Dreams Feeling Myself
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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Angry Enough Kind Prejudice Worst Yourself
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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Change Known Question Sanity Togetherness
Music is a gift and a burden I’ve had since I can remember who I was.
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Burden Gift Music Myself Remember
I’m just human, I have faults like anyone.
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Human Mistake Myself
This is the world you have made yourself, now you have to live in it.
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Live World Yourself
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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Death Poor Rich Rise Thinking
I believe in racial memory too. I’m sure I’ve got ancient African blood in me that has something to do with what I am.
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Blood Identity Memories Myself Race
Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.
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Burden Joy Music Myself Remember
I don’t like drug addicts and she sounds like a cat.
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Addiction Cat Drugs Myself Sound
Tomorrow, I might be in a different mood and you wouldn’t recognize my voice.
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Different Identity Myself Recognition Voice
My name sounds French but that’s just a stage name.
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Home Name Sound Stage
You can’t help it. An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect the times.
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Artist Help Reflection Time
I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.
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Fear Freedom Myself
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
What is love but a prelude to sorrow with heartache ahead for your goal.
NINA SIMONE

Goal Love Sorrow Yourself

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