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Nina Simone

Every day has its emotional difficulties. I miss my mother whether I’m singing her music or not.
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Day Difficult Emotional Music Myself
Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I’m lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home.
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Crazy Drive Home Myself World
It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution – real girl’s talk.
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Reality Revolution Talk
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’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
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
Since I was three I’ve been playing the piano. I’ve been onstage.
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Instrument Myself Play
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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Economics Forever Myself Rich Thinking
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
It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day and I’m feeling good.
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Day Feeling Good Morning Myself
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 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
I’m a real rebel with a cause.
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Reality Reason Rebel
Birds flying high you know how I feel Sun in the sky you know how I feel Breeze driftin’ on by you know how I feel And this old world is a new world And a bold world For me And I’m feeling good I’m feeling good.
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Fly Myself Old Sun World
I know I’m different, but I don’t think about it.
NINA SIMONE

Different Myself Thinking

My name sounds French but that’s just a stage name.

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