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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.

Nina Simone

How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and souls of people who are unable to express it.
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Explanation Expression Feeling Poetry Soul Stage Yourself
I don’t like drug addicts and she sounds like a cat.
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Addiction Cat Drugs Myself Sound
I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.
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Fear Freedom Myself
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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Crazy Drive Home Myself World
I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs and good ones.
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Instrument Myself Writing
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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Myself Place Strange Time Travel
Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
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Black Definition Myself People
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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Alone Feeling Listening Myself People
There’s no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.
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Excuse Hero Known People Young
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
Tomorrow, I might be in a different mood and you wouldn’t recognize my voice.
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Different Identity Myself Recognition Voice
I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.
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Day Myself People Politics Singer
It’s time to take a look at my failures and stop calling them successes. Now I can start working at something that can use me best.
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Failure Start Success Time Work
Everything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was part of everyday life, as automatic as breathing.
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Breathe Children Life Music Myself
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
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

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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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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