I have a cultured manner of speaking.
NINA SIMONEIt is difficult to retain your standards with the pressure of trying to make money, which always has its rules. It’s hard to walk the tightrope of doing what you think is your best and making money at it.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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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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I’m a real rebel with a cause.
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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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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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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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My name sounds French but that’s just a stage name.
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When a child is gifted, people try to help that child.
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What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.
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Since I was three I’ve been playing the piano. I’ve been onstage.
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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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I look forward to doing my own show, not someone else’s. That’s always been my dream.
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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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Many times I feel different like a different person.
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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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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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