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I’m a real rebel with a cause.

Nina Simone

Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” a song that was written for Simone, she confronted the band’s lead singer, Eric Burdon. “So you’re the honky,” she said, “who stole my song and got a hit out of it?
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Herself Leadership Misunderstanding Singing Writing Yourself
I try to swim every damn day I can, and I’ve learned to scuba dive and snorkel.
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Day Learning Myself
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 was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.
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Day Myself People Politics Singer
It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day and I’m feeling good.
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Day Feeling Good Morning Myself
Since I was three I’ve been playing the piano. I’ve been onstage.
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Instrument Myself Play
I would like you to know, I am a doctor of music.
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Doctor Music Myself Yourself
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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Crazy Drive Home Myself World
I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I’m not going.
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Important Music Myself Thinking
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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Music Myself People Play
I think the rich will eventually have to cave in too, because the economic situation around the world is not gonna tolerate the United States being on top forever.
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Economics Forever Myself Rich Thinking
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
I feel what they feel. And people who listen to me know that, and it makes them feel like they’re not alone.
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Alone Feeling Listening Myself People
Tomorrow, I might be in a different mood and you wouldn’t recognize my voice.
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Different Identity Myself Recognition Voice
I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs and good ones.
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Instrument Myself Writing
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.
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Feeling Moments Music Vibration World Yourself

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