I’m just human, I have faults like anyone.
NINA SIMONEIf I get an idea I put it on tape and somebody else writes it out.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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Desegregation is a joke.
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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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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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You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.
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Music is the center of my life.
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Since I was three I’ve been playing the piano. I’ve been onstage.
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If I get an idea I put it on tape and somebody else writes it out.
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It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day and I’m feeling good.
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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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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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It’s a good time for black people to be alive.
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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 was not reluctant to become a singer. Singing has been an activity I’ve done my whole life, without thought.
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I don’t like to go to strange places. I was in Italy for about five hours on my way to Africa.
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You don’t have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.
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