I would like you to know, I am a doctor of music.
NINA SIMONEI look forward to doing my own show, not someone else’s. That’s always been my dream.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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Theory and harmony broadened my mind in music. I know what music is made of.
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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 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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I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.
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Tomorrow, I might be in a different mood and you wouldn’t recognize my voice.
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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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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 can’t help it. An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect the times.
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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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This is the world you have made yourself, now you have to live in it.
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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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That’s a very high goal to have, study eight hours a day to be a concert pianist.
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It’s a good time for black people to be alive.
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It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution – real girl’s talk.
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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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