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Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.

Nina Simone

Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
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Black Definition Myself People
Every day has its emotional difficulties. I miss my mother whether I’m singing her music or not.
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Day Difficult Emotional Music Myself
I believe in racial memory too. I’m sure I’ve got ancient African blood in me that has something to do with what I am.
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Blood Identity Memories Myself Race
How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?
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Artist Reflection Time
You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.
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Learning Serve Yourself
I would like a man now who is rich, and who can give me a boat – a sailboat. I want to own it and let him pay for it. My first love is the sea and water, not music. Music is second.
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Love Man Myself Pay Rich Sea Water
It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution – real girl’s talk.
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Reality Revolution Talk
You can’t help it. An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect the times.
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Artist Help Reflection Time
This is the world you have made yourself, now you have to live in it.
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Live World Yourself
If I get an idea I put it on tape and somebody else writes it out.
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Ideas Myself Writing
Tomorrow, I might be in a different mood and you wouldn’t recognize my voice.
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Different Identity Myself Recognition Voice
When a child is gifted, people try to help that child.
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Children Gift Help People
Life 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.
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Easy Feeling Life Myself People
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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Activity Life Myself Singer
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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Assosiation Awareness Drinking Life Music
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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Bad Communication Live Logic People Reflection Time Yourself

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