Everything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was part of everyday life, as automatic as breathing.
NINA SIMONEI don’t like to go to strange places. I was in Italy for about five hours on my way to Africa.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.
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Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I’m lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home.
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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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Birds flying high you know how I feel Sun in the sky you know how I feel Breeze driftin’ on by you know how I feel And this old world is a new world And a bold world For me And I’m feeling good I’m feeling good.
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When a child is gifted, people try to help that child.
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I think the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. I don’t think the black people are going to rise at all; I think most of them are going to die.
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There’s no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.
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Since I was three I’ve been playing the piano. I’ve been onstage.
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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?
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How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?
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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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To be young, gifted and black!
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You don’t have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.
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I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.
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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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