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I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs and good ones.

Nina Simone

I don’t like rap music at all. I don’t think it’s music. It’s just a beat and rapping.
NINA SIMONE

Music Myself
Many times I feel different like a different person.
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Different Feeling Person Time
I love the classics but there are many new ideas to be made into reality. I’d rather be concerned with my own thing. There are many masters of classical piano so I’ll leave it to them.
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Classics Love Master Myself
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
You don’t have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.
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Equality Live Yourself
I would like you to know, I am a doctor of music.
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Doctor Music Myself Yourself
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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Life Music Thinking Way
My name sounds French but that’s just a stage name.
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Home Name Sound Stage
It is difficult to retain your standards with the pressure of trying to make money, which always has its rules. It’s hard to walk the tightrope of doing what you think is your best and making money at it.
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Difficult Hard Money Rule Standard Yourself
Jazz is not just music, it’s a way of life, it’s a way of being, a way of thinking the new inventive phrases we make up to describe things – all that to me is jazz just as much as the music we play.
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Description Invention Music Myself Play Thinking Way
If I get an idea I put it on tape and somebody else writes it out.
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Ideas Myself Writing
Once I understood Bach’s music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher who introduced me to his world.
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Dedication Introduction Music Myself Teacher World
I would like a man now who is rich, and who can give me a boat – a sailboat. I want to own it and let him pay for it. My first love is the sea and water, not music. Music is second.
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Love Man Myself Pay Rich Sea Water
It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day and I’m feeling good.
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Day Feeling Good Morning Myself
Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.
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Burden Joy Music Myself Remember
I’m just human, I have faults like anyone.
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Human Mistake Myself

I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs and good ones.

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