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If I get an idea I put it on tape and somebody else writes it out.

Nina Simone

I do love to sing Jacques Brel songs, intensely. I get terribly excited, just by reading a couple of lines in any one of his songs.
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Couple Excitement Intense Love Myself Reading
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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Myself See Tree Wine
Desegregation is a joke.
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Joke Segregation
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 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
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!
NINA SIMONE

Colors Learning Mathematics Music Sadness Yourself
I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs and good ones.
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Instrument Myself Writing
The allusion was that I was actually naked. I loved that. It always, kind of shocked people enough that they became mine immediately.
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Kind Love Myself Naked People
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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Myself Place Strange Time Travel
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’m just human, I have faults like anyone.
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Human Mistake Myself
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
To be young, gifted and black!
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Black One Liner Young
I believe in racial memory too. I’m sure I’ve got ancient African blood in me that has something to do with what I am.
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Blood Identity Memories Myself Race
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
My name sounds French but that’s just a stage name.
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Home Name Sound Stage

If I get an idea I put it on tape and somebody else writes it out.

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