Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I’m lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home.
NINA SIMONEBirds flying high you know how I feel Sun in the sky you know how I feel Breeze driftin’ on by you know how I feel And this old world is a new world And a bold world For me And I’m feeling good I’m feeling good.
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Music is one of the ways by which you can know everything which is going on in the world. You can feel through music. Whew you can feel the vibrations of everybody in the world at any given moment.
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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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I’m a real rebel with a cause.
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I don’t like rap music at all. I don’t think it’s music. It’s just a beat and rapping.
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You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.
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Birds flying high you know how I feel Sun in the sky you know how I feel Breeze driftin’ on by you know how I feel And this old world is a new world And a bold world For me And I’m feeling good I’m feeling good.
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It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day and I’m feeling good.
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I know I’m different, but I don’t think about it.
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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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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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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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My job is not done. I address my songs now to the third world. I am popular all over Asia and Africa and the Middle East, not to speak of South Africa, where I’m trying to go to see Nelson Mandela.
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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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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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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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