Funk, gospel, blues is all out of slavery times, out of depression, out of sorrow.
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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Life is short. People are not easy to know. They’re not easy to know, so if you don’t tell them how you feel, you’re not going to get anywhere, I feel.
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I don’t like to go to strange places. I was in Italy for about five hours on my way to Africa.
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I don’t like drug addicts and she sounds like a cat.
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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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You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.
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I’m just human, I have faults like anyone.
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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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Every day has its emotional difficulties. I miss my mother whether I’m singing her music or not.
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I try to swim every damn day I can, and I’ve learned to scuba dive and snorkel.
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Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.
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You can’t help it. An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect the times.
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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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It doesn’t matter to me what is going on today because my music encompasses every kind of mood that exists in human beings. That’s my stick.
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I’m a real rebel with a cause.
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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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