I don’t like rap music at all. I don’t think it’s music. It’s just a beat and rapping.

Nina Simone

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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.
NINA SIMONE

Easy
From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.

NINA SIMONE

From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.
NINA SIMONE
It’s a good time for black people to be alive.

NINA SIMONE

It’s a good time for black people to be alive.
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That’s a very high goal to have, study eight hours a day to be a concert pianist.

NINA SIMONE

That’s a very high goal to have, study eight hours a day to be a concert pianist.
NINA SIMONE

Goal Musician
I was not reluctant to become a singer. Singing has been an activity I’ve done my whole life, without thought.

NINA SIMONE

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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Singer
I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs and good ones.

NINA SIMONE

I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs and good ones.
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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 SIMONE

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 SIMONE

Sadness
I have a cultured manner of speaking.

NINA SIMONE

I have a cultured manner of speaking.
NINA SIMONE

Culture
The allusion was that I was actually naked. I loved that. It always, kind of shocked people enough that they became mine immediately.

NINA SIMONE

The allusion was that I was actually naked. I loved that. It always, kind of shocked people enough that they became mine immediately.
NINA SIMONE
Funk, gospel, blues is all out of slavery times, out of depression, out of sorrow.

NINA SIMONE

Funk, gospel, blues is all out of slavery times, out of depression, out of sorrow.
NINA SIMONE
Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.

NINA SIMONE

Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
NINA SIMONE

Definition
To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that’s not what I play. I play black classical music.

NINA SIMONE

To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that’s not what I play. I play black classical music.
NINA SIMONE
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?
NINA SIMONE

Singing
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 SIMONE

Classics
Every day has its emotional difficulties. I miss my mother whether I’m singing her music or not.

NINA SIMONE

Every day has its emotional difficulties. I miss my mother whether I’m singing her music or not.
NINA SIMONE

Day
How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and souls of people who are unable to express it.

NINA SIMONE

How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and souls of people who are unable to express it.
NINA SIMONE

Expression Stage

I don’t like rap music at all. I don’t think it’s music. It’s just a beat and rapping.

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