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It’s logical that people from bad times will reflect their feelings in their communication. Music is part of the communication. If you lived it, you can do it.

Nina Simone

I’m just human, I have faults like anyone.
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Human Mistake Myself
Desegregation is a joke.
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Joke Segregation
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 have a cultured manner of speaking.
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Culture Myself Speak
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
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
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.
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Classics Love Master Myself
You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.
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Learning Love Serve Table Yourself
My name sounds French but that’s just a stage name.
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Home Name Sound Stage
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.
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Easy Feeling Life Myself People
My singing, if you want to call it that is merely another medium of expression. Just an instrument I play. That’s how I see my voice.
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Call Expression Instrument Myself See Singing Voice
My job is not done. I address my songs now to the third world. I am popular all over Asia and Africa and the Middle East, not to speak of South Africa, where I’m trying to go to see Nelson Mandela.
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Address Job Myself Popular See Song
Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.
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Burden Joy Music Myself Remember
Tomorrow, I might be in a different mood and you wouldn’t recognize my voice.
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Different Identity Myself Recognition Voice
I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I’m not going.
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Important Music Myself Thinking
I don’t like drug addicts and she sounds like a cat.
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Addiction Cat Drugs Myself Sound

It’s logical that people from bad times will reflect their feelings in their communication. Music is part of the communication. If you lived it, you can do it.

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It’s logical that people from bad times will reflect their feelings in their communication. Music is part of the communication. If you lived it, you can do it.

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