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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

I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.
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Day Myself People Politics Singer
I look forward to doing my own show, not someone else’s. That’s always been my dream.
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Dreams Myself Show
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

Herself Leadership Misunderstanding Singing Writing Yourself
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.
NINA SIMONE

Blood Identity Memories Myself Race
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
Slavery has never been abolished from America’s way of thinking.
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Abolish Slave Thinking Way
What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.
NINA SIMONE

Change Known Question Sanity Togetherness
I do love to sing Jacques Brel songs, intensely. I get terribly excited, just by reading a couple of lines in any one of his songs.
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Couple Excitement Intense Love Myself Reading
I’m just human, I have faults like anyone.
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Human Mistake Myself
I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.
NINA SIMONE

Fear Freedom Myself
I try to swim every damn day I can, and I’ve learned to scuba dive and snorkel.
NINA SIMONE

Day Learning Myself
My name sounds French but that’s just a stage name.
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Home Name Sound Stage
Tomorrow, I might be in a different mood and you wouldn’t recognize my voice.
NINA SIMONE

Different Identity Myself Recognition Voice
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
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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Failure Start Success Time Work
You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.
NINA SIMONE

Learning Love Serve Table 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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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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