I’m a real rebel with a cause.
NINA SIMONE- 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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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.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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I’m a real rebel with a cause.
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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.
NINA SIMONEMy 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 had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about… Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.
NINA SIMONEI had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about… Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.
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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.
NINA SIMONEMy 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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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.
NINA SIMONEYou 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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Music is an art and art has its own rules.
NINA SIMONEMusic is an art and art has its own rules.
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Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
NINA SIMONEJazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
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I look forward to doing my own show, not someone else’s. That’s always been my dream.
NINA SIMONEI look forward to doing my own show, not someone else’s. That’s always been my dream.
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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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I believe in racial memory too. I’m sure I’ve got ancient African blood in me that has something to do with what I am.
NINA SIMONEI believe in racial memory too. I’m sure I’ve got ancient African blood in me that has something to do with what I am.
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You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.
NINA SIMONEYou have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.
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You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.
NINA SIMONEYou’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.
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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.
NINA SIMONEI 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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Life is short. People are not easy to know. They’re not easy to know, so if you don’t tell them how you feel, you’re not going to get anywhere, I feel.
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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.
NINA SIMONEWhat 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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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.
NINA SIMONEIt 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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