Since I was three I’ve been playing the piano. I’ve been onstage.
NINA SIMONEYou don’t have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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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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There’s no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.
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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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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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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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To be young, gifted and black!
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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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You can’t be different if you look at it. Being gifted is different. I had that in my piano playing. I’m very thankful for that. I’m very aware of that. The style and what I fed is just me. I never worked at it. It just happened.
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What is love but a prelude to sorrow with heartache ahead for your goal.
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I think the rich will eventually have to cave in too, because the economic situation around the world is not gonna tolerate the United States being on top forever.
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How can you be an artist and not 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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When a child is gifted, people try to help that child.
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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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My name sounds French but that’s just a stage name.
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