That’s a very high goal to have, study eight hours a day to be a concert pianist.
NINA SIMONEI know I’m different, but I don’t think about it.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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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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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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I’m a real rebel with a cause.
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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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You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.
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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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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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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 play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs and good ones.
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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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My love is like the wind and wild is the wind. Give me more than one caress, satisfy my hungriness. Let the wind blow through your heart for wild is the wind.
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Through music you can become sad, joyful, loving, you can learn. You can learn mathematics, touch, pacing Oh my God! Ooh Wow You can see colors through music. Anything!
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Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
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Music is a gift and a burden I’ve had since I can remember who I was.
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Talent is a burden not a joy. I am not of this planet. I do not come from you. I am not like you.
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