You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.
NINA SIMONEMusic is an art and art has its own rules.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.
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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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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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Slavery has never been abolished from America’s way of thinking.
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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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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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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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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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You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.
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I know I’m different, but I don’t think about it.
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I think the rich will eventually have to cave in too, because the economic situation around the world is not gonna tolerate the United States being on top forever.
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I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.
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To be young, gifted and black!
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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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Theory and harmony broadened my mind in music. I know what music is made of.
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