I have a cultured manner of speaking.
NINA SIMONEThere’s no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that’s not what I play. I play black classical music.
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It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution – real girl’s talk.
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To be young, gifted and black!
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Music is a gift and a burden I’ve had since I can remember who I was.
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I try to swim every damn day I can, and I’ve learned to scuba dive and snorkel.
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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.
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My love is like the wind and wild is the wind. Give me more than one caress, satisfy my hungriness. Let the wind blow through your heart for wild is the wind.
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If I get an idea I put it on tape and somebody else writes it out.
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Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.
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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.
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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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What 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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What is love but a prelude to sorrow with heartache ahead for your goal.
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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.
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Talent is a burden not a joy. I am not of this planet. I do not come from you. I am not like you.
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