I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs and good ones.
NINA SIMONEDesegregation is a joke.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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If I get an idea I put it on tape and somebody else writes it out.
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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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I’m a real rebel with a cause.
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Many times I feel different like a different person.
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When a child is gifted, people try to help that child.
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How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?
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It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day and I’m feeling good.
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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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I’m sorry that I did not become the world’s first black classic pianist. I think I would have been happier.
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There’s no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.
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I had heard blues and jazz all my life but I was never aware that it was associated with nightclubs and drinking.
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What is love but a prelude to sorrow with heartache ahead for your goal.
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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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It’s a good time for black people to be alive.
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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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