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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.

Nina Simone

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.
NINA SIMONE

Dedication Introduction Music Myself Teacher World
Jazz is not just music, it’s a way of life, it’s a way of being, a way of thinking.
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Life Music Thinking Way
You can’t be different if you look at it. Being gifted is different. I had that in my piano playing. I’m very thankful for that. I’m very aware of that. The style and what I fed is just me. I never worked at it. It just happened.
NINA SIMONE

Awareness Different Gift Myself Thankful Work
You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.
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Learning Serve Yourself
It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution – real girl’s talk.
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Reality Revolution Talk
Since I was three I’ve been playing the piano. I’ve been onstage.
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Instrument Myself Play
I would like you to know, I am a doctor of music.
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Doctor Music Myself Yourself
Music is a gift and a burden I’ve had since I can remember who I was.
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Burden Gift Music Myself Remember
I made wine from the lilac tree/Put my heart in its recipe/It makes me see what I want to see/And be what I want to be.
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Myself See Tree Wine
You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.
NINA SIMONE

Learning Love Serve Table Yourself
There’s no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.
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Excuse Hero Known People Young
From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.
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Beginning Black Woman
Jazz is not just music, it’s a way of life, it’s a way of being, a way of thinking the new inventive phrases we make up to describe things – all that to me is jazz just as much as the music we play.
NINA SIMONE

Description Invention Music Myself Play Thinking Way
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
Theory and harmony broadened my mind in music. I know what music is made of.
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Mindset Music Myself Theory
I was not reluctant to become a singer. Singing has been an activity I’ve done my whole life, without thought.
NINA SIMONE

Activity Life Myself Singer

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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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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