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If I want to take a particular form of blues somewhere else I have the equipment to do it but I never even thought of it.

Nina Simone

If I want to take a particular form of blues somewhere else I have the equipment to do it but I never even thought of it.
NINA SIMONE

Equipment Myself Particular Thinking
Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
NINA SIMONE

Black Definition Myself People
There’s no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.
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Excuse Hero Known People Young
I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs and good ones.
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Instrument Myself Writing
It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution – real girl’s talk.
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Reality Revolution Talk
It’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.
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Bad Communication Live Logic People Reflection Time Yourself
From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.
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Beginning Black Woman
Since I was three I’ve been playing the piano. I’ve been onstage.
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Instrument Myself Play
How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?
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Artist Reflection Time
Everything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was part of everyday life, as automatic as breathing.
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Breathe Children Life Music Myself
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
Music is one of the ways by which you can know everything which is going on in the world. You can feel through music. Whew you can feel the vibrations of everybody in the world at any given moment.
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Feeling Moments Music Vibration World Yourself
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
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
It’s a good time for black people to be alive.
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Alive Black People Time
Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.
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Burden Joy Music Myself Remember

If I want to take a particular form of blues somewhere else I have the equipment to do it but I never even thought of it.

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