I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.
NINA SIMONEI was not reluctant to become a singer. Singing has been an activity I’ve done my whole life, without thought.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I’m not going.
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How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and souls of people who are unable to express it.
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To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that’s not what I play. I play black classical music.
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To be young, gifted and black!
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I’m a real rebel with a cause.
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My name sounds French but that’s just a stage name.
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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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What is love but a prelude to sorrow with heartache ahead for your goal.
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It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution – real girl’s talk.
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Music is the center of my life.
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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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Slavery has never been abolished from America’s way of thinking.
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You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.
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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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Desegregation is a joke.
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