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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.

Nina Simone

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
From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.
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Beginning Black Woman
What is love but a prelude to sorrow with heartache ahead for your goal.
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Goal Love Sorrow Yourself
It is difficult to retain your standards with the pressure of trying to make money, which always has its rules. It’s hard to walk the tightrope of doing what you think is your best and making money at it.
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Difficult Hard Money Rule Standard Yourself
That’s a very high goal to have, study eight hours a day to be a concert pianist.
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Goal Musician Study
Talent is a burden not a joy. I am not of this planet. I do not come from you. I am not like you.
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Burden Myself Planet Talent
I had heard blues and jazz all my life but I was never aware that it was associated with nightclubs and drinking.
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Assosiation Awareness Drinking Life Music
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
Tomorrow, I might be in a different mood and you wouldn’t recognize my voice.
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Different Identity Myself Recognition Voice
It doesn’t matter to me what is going on today because my music encompasses every kind of mood that exists in human beings. That’s my stick.
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Existence Kind Music Myself
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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Equipment Myself Particular Thinking
I love the classics but there are many new ideas to be made into reality. I’d rather be concerned with my own thing. There are many masters of classical piano so I’ll leave it to them.
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Classics Love Master Myself
I have a cultured manner of speaking.
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Culture Myself Speak
Theory and harmony broadened my mind in music. I know what music is made of.
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Mindset Music Myself Theory
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

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