I have a cultured manner of speaking.
NINA SIMONEI tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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My job is not done. I address my songs now to the third world. I am popular all over Asia and Africa and the Middle East, not to speak of South Africa, where I’m trying to go to see Nelson Mandela.
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Since I was three I’ve been playing the piano. I’ve been onstage.
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Everything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was part of everyday life, as automatic as breathing.
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It’s logical that people from bad times will reflect their feelings in their communication. Music is part of the communication. If you lived it, you can do it.
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Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.
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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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What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.
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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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Music is a gift and a burden I’ve had since I can remember who I was.
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Every day has its emotional difficulties. I miss my mother whether I’m singing her music or not.
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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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You don’t have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.
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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 try to swim every damn day I can, and I’ve learned to scuba dive and snorkel.
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