I’m a real rebel with a cause.
NINA SIMONE
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I’m a real rebel with a cause.
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From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.
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When a child is gifted, people try to help that child.
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I would like you to know, I am a doctor of music.
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You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.
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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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You don’t have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.
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It’s time to take a look at my failures and stop calling them successes. Now I can start working at something that can use me best.
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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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I demand perfection in what I do, and I practice very hard before I give a concert-sometimes three to six hours a day.
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It doesn’t matter to me what is going on today because my music encompasses every kind of mood that exists in human beings. That’s my stick.
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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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I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs and good ones.
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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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Music is an art and art has its own rules.
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