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Music is the center of my life.

Nina Simone

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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Existence Kind Music Myself
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’m a real rebel with a cause.
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Reality Reason Rebel
From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.
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Beginning Black Woman
This is the world you have made yourself, now you have to live in it.
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Live World Yourself
Slavery has never been abolished from America’s way of thinking.
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Abolish Slave Thinking Way
Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
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Black Definition Myself People
You can’t be different if you look at it. Being gifted is different. I had that in my piano playing. I’m very thankful for that. I’m very aware of that. The style and what I fed is just me. I never worked at it. It just happened.
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Awareness Different Gift Myself Thankful Work
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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Life Music Thinking Way
Music is the center of my life.
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Life Music One Liner
Music is a gift and a burden I’ve had since I can remember who I was.
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Burden Gift Music Myself Remember
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 believe in racial memory too. I’m sure I’ve got ancient African blood in me that has something to do with what I am.
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Blood Identity Memories Myself Race
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 look forward to doing my own show, not someone else’s. That’s always been my dream.
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Dreams Myself Show
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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Dedication Introduction Music Myself Teacher World

Music is the center of my life.

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