Many times I feel different like a different person.
NINA SIMONEMany times I feel different like a different person.
NINA SIMONEI’m sorry that I did not become the world’s first black classic pianist. I think I would have been happier.
NINA SIMONEFrom the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.
NINA SIMONEThe worst thing about that kind of prejudice is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds you self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough.
NINA SIMONEYou can’t help it. An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect the times.
NINA SIMONEGreed has driven the world crazy. And I think I’m lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home.
NINA SIMONEHow can you be an artist and not reflect the times?
NINA SIMONEI don’t like drug addicts and she sounds like a cat.
NINA SIMONETheory and harmony broadened my mind in music. I know what music is made of.
NINA SIMONEEverything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was part of everyday life, as automatic as breathing.
NINA SIMONEIt’s logical that people from bad times will reflect their feelings in their communication. Music is part of the communication. If you lived it, you can do it.
NINA SIMONEMusic is an art and art has its own rules.
NINA SIMONEI have a cultured manner of speaking.
NINA SIMONETo be young, gifted and black!
NINA SIMONEIt’s a good time for black people to be alive.
NINA SIMONEIt’s a new dawn, it’s a new day and I’m feeling good.
NINA SIMONE