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What is love but a prelude to sorrow with heartache ahead for your goal.

Nina Simone

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 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
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” a song that was written for Simone, she confronted the band’s lead singer, Eric Burdon. “So you’re the honky,” she said, “who stole my song and got a hit out of it?
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Herself Leadership Misunderstanding Singing Writing Yourself
I try to swim every damn day I can, and I’ve learned to scuba dive and snorkel.
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Day Learning Myself
I do love to sing Jacques Brel songs, intensely. I get terribly excited, just by reading a couple of lines in any one of his songs.
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Couple Excitement Intense Love Myself Reading
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.
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Dedication Excellence Freedom Music Myself Pursue
Through music you can become sad, joyful, loving, you can learn. You can learn mathematics, touch, pacing Oh my God! Ooh Wow You can see colors through music. Anything!
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Colors Learning Mathematics Music Sadness Yourself
You don’t have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.
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Equality Live Yourself
If I get an idea I put it on tape and somebody else writes it out.
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Ideas Myself Writing
I demand perfection in what I do, and I practice very hard before I give a concert-sometimes three to six hours a day.
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Day Demand Myself Perfection Practice
I’m sorry that I did not become the world’s first black classic pianist. I think I would have been happier.
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Happiness Musician Myself Sorry World
You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.
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Learning Serve Yourself
Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
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Black Definition Myself People
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 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
I feel more alive now than I ever have in my life. I have a chance to live, as I’ve dreamed.
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Alive Chance Dreams Feeling Myself

What is love but a prelude to sorrow with heartache ahead for your goal.

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