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Slavery has never been abolished from America’s way of thinking.

Nina Simone

I think the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. I don’t think the black people are going to rise at all; I think most of them are going to die.
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Death Poor Rich Rise Thinking
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
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
I’m just human, I have faults like anyone.
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Human Mistake Myself
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
Tomorrow, I might be in a different mood and you wouldn’t recognize my voice.
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Different Identity Myself Recognition Voice
My singing, if you want to call it that is merely another medium of expression. Just an instrument I play. That’s how I see my voice.
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Call Expression Instrument Myself See Singing Voice
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
I had heard blues and jazz all my life but I was never aware that it was associated with nightclubs and drinking.
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Assosiation Awareness Drinking Life Music
My name sounds French but that’s just a stage name.
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Home Name Sound Stage
Many times I feel different like a different person.
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Different Feeling Person Time
It 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.
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Difficult Hard Money Rule Standard Yourself
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
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 love the classics but there are many new ideas to be made into reality. I’d rather be concerned with my own thing. There are many masters of classical piano so I’ll leave it to them.
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Classics Love Master Myself
I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I’m not going.
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Important Music Myself Thinking

Slavery has never been abolished from America’s way of thinking.

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