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.
NINA SIMONE
Jazz 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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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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It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day and I’m feeling good.
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I would like you to know, I am a doctor of music.
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I was not reluctant to become a singer. Singing has been an activity I’ve done my whole life, without thought.
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I made wine from the lilac tree/Put my heart in its recipe/It makes me see what I want to see/And be what I want to be.
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You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.
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Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
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Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I’m lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home.
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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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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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Desegregation is a joke.
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From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.
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If I get an idea I put it on tape and somebody else writes it out.
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It’s logical that people from bad times will reflect their feelings in their communication. Music is part of the communication. If you lived it, you can do it.
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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 the new inventive phrases we make up to describe things – all that to me is jazz just as much as the music we play.
NINA SIMONE