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I’m a real rebel with a cause.

Nina Simone

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 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
If I get an idea I put it on tape and somebody else writes it out.
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Ideas Myself Writing
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
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
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
Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
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Black Definition Myself People
What is love but a prelude to sorrow with heartache ahead for your goal.
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Goal Love Sorrow Yourself
If I want to take a particular form of blues somewhere else I have the equipment to do it but I never even thought of it.
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Equipment Myself Particular Thinking
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
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
I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs and good ones.
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Instrument Myself Writing
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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Explanation Expression Feeling Poetry Soul Stage Yourself
You don’t have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.
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Equality Live Yourself
You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.
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Learning Serve Yourself
I don’t like rap music at all. I don’t think it’s music. It’s just a beat and rapping.
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Music Myself

I’m a real rebel with a cause.

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