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.
NINA SIMONEIf 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.
NINA SIMONEI know I’m different, but I don’t think about it.
NINA SIMONEI feel more alive now than I ever have in my life. I have a chance to live, as I’ve dreamed.
NINA SIMONEGreed has driven the world crazy. And I think I’m lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home.
NINA SIMONEWhat kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.
NINA SIMONELife is short. People are not easy to know. They’re not easy to know, so if you don’t tell them how you feel, you’re not going to get anywhere, I feel.
NINA SIMONEI demand perfection in what I do, and I practice very hard before I give a concert-sometimes three to six hours a day.
NINA SIMONEI feel what they feel. And people who listen to me know that, and it makes them feel like they’re not alone.
NINA SIMONEDon’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?
NINA SIMONESince I was three I’ve been playing the piano. I’ve been onstage.
NINA SIMONEI was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.
NINA SIMONEBirds 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.
NINA SIMONEMusic is a gift and a burden I’ve had since I can remember who I was.
NINA SIMONEI 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.
NINA SIMONEMy name sounds French but that’s just a stage name.
NINA SIMONEMusic is an art and art has its own rules.
NINA SIMONE