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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.

Nina Simone

Birds flying high you know how I feel Sun in the sky you know how I feel Breeze driftin’ on by you know how I feel And this old world is a new world And a bold world For me And I’m feeling good I’m feeling good.
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Fly Myself Old Sun World
Tomorrow, I might be in a different mood and you wouldn’t recognize my voice.
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Different Identity Myself Recognition Voice
Theory and harmony broadened my mind in music. I know what music is made of.
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Mindset Music Myself Theory
Music is the center of my life.
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Life Music One Liner
It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day and I’m feeling good.
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Day Feeling Good Morning Myself
It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution – real girl’s talk.
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Reality Revolution Talk
Desegregation is a joke.
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Joke Segregation
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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Happiness Musician Myself Sorry World
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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Difficult Hard Money Rule Standard Yourself
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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Dedication Excellence Freedom Music Myself Pursue
This is the world you have made yourself, now you have to live in it.
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Live World Yourself
That’s a very high goal to have, study eight hours a day to be a concert pianist.
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Goal Musician Study
I demand perfection in what I do, and I practice very hard before I give a concert-sometimes three to six hours a day.
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Day Demand Myself Perfection Practice
My name sounds French but that’s just a stage name.
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Home Name Sound Stage
You don’t have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.
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Equality Live Yourself
Music is one of the ways by which you can know everything which is going on in the world. You can feel through music. Whew you can feel the vibrations of everybody in the world at any given moment.
NINA SIMONE

Feeling Moments Music Vibration World Yourself

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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