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.
NINA SIMONE- Every day has its emotional difficulties. I miss my mother whether I’m singing her music or not.
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Every day has its emotional difficulties. I miss my mother whether I’m singing her music or not.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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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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What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.
NINA SIMONEWhat 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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I love the classics but there are many new ideas to be made into reality. I’d rather be concerned with my own thing. There are many masters of classical piano so I’ll leave it to them.
NINA SIMONEI love the classics but there are many new ideas to be made into reality. I’d rather be concerned with my own thing. There are many masters of classical piano so I’ll leave it to them.
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Music is the center of my life.
NINA SIMONEMusic is the center of my life.
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Everything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was part of everyday life, as automatic as breathing.
NINA SIMONEEverything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was part of everyday life, as automatic as breathing.
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It is difficult to retain your standards with the pressure of trying to make money, which always has its rules. It’s hard to walk the tightrope of doing what you think is your best and making money at it.
NINA SIMONEIt is difficult to retain your standards with the pressure of trying to make money, which always has its rules. It’s hard to walk the tightrope of doing what you think is your best and making money at it.
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You don’t have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.
NINA SIMONEYou don’t have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.
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Music is a gift and a burden I’ve had since I can remember who I was.
NINA SIMONEMusic is a gift and a burden I’ve had since I can remember who I was.
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We have ordered things so long in a certain way, we are numb. Nobody dares question it. This is what is wrong, symbolically, with America.
NINA SIMONEWe have ordered things so long in a certain way, we are numb. Nobody dares question it. This is what is wrong, symbolically, with America.
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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.
NINA SIMONEI 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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That’s a very high goal to have, study eight hours a day to be a concert pianist.
NINA SIMONEThat’s a very high goal to have, study eight hours a day to be a concert pianist.
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Through music you can become sad, joyful, loving, you can learn. You can learn mathematics, touch, pacing Oh my God! Ooh Wow You can see colors through music. Anything!
NINA SIMONEThrough music you can become sad, joyful, loving, you can learn. You can learn mathematics, touch, pacing Oh my God! Ooh Wow You can see colors through music. Anything!
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When a child is gifted, people try to help that child.
NINA SIMONEWhen a child is gifted, people try to help that child.
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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.
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.
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Funk, gospel, blues is all out of slavery times, out of depression, out of sorrow.
NINA SIMONEFunk, gospel, blues is all out of slavery times, out of depression, out of sorrow.
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Every day has its emotional difficulties. I miss my mother whether I’m singing her music or not.
NINA SIMONEEvery day has its emotional difficulties. I miss my mother whether I’m singing her music or not.
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