I don’t like drug addicts and she sounds like a cat.
NINA SIMONEI don’t like drug addicts and she sounds like a cat.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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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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Jazz is not just music, it’s a way of life, it’s a way of being, a way of thinking.
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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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Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.
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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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It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution – real girl’s talk.
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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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I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs and good ones.
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My love is like the wind and wild is the wind. Give me more than one caress, satisfy my hungriness. Let the wind blow through your heart for wild is the wind.
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You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.
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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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When a child is gifted, people try to help that child.
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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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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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My name sounds French but that’s just a stage name.
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