You can’t help it. An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect the times.
NINA SIMONEIt’s a good time for black people to be alive.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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Everything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was part of everyday life, as automatic as breathing.
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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 feel what they feel. And people who listen to me know that, and it makes them feel like they’re not alone.
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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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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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You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.
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To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that’s not what I play. I play black classical music.
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Theory and harmony broadened my mind in music. I know what music is made of.
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I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs and good ones.
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I look forward to doing my own show, not someone else’s. That’s always been my dream.
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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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I don’t like rap music at all. I don’t think it’s music. It’s just a beat and rapping.
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Music is a gift and a burden I’ve had since I can remember who I was.
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I have a cultured manner of speaking.
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When a child is gifted, people try to help that child.
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