I don’t like rap music at all. I don’t think it’s music. It’s just a beat and rapping.
NINA SIMONEJazz is not just music, it’s a way of life, it’s a way of being, a way of thinking the new inventive phrases we make up to describe things – all that to me is jazz just as much as the music we play.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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It’s time to take a look at my failures and stop calling them successes. Now I can start working at something that can use me best.
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When a child is gifted, people try to help that child.
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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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Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
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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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Music is the center of my life.
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I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about… Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.
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I don’t like drug addicts and she sounds like a cat.
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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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Many times I feel different like a different person.
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That’s a very high goal to have, study eight hours a day to be a concert pianist.
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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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I’m just human, I have faults like anyone.
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How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?
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