Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.
NINA SIMONEMy 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.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I’m not going.
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You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.
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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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Slavery has never been abolished from America’s way of thinking.
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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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I feel what they feel. And people who listen to me know that, and it makes them feel like they’re not alone.
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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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I look forward to doing my own show, not someone else’s. That’s always been my dream.
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I demand perfection in what I do, and I practice very hard before I give a concert-sometimes three to six hours a day.
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If I want to take a particular form of blues somewhere else I have the equipment to do it but I never even thought of it.
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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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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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You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.
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It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day and I’m feeling good.
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Music is an art and art has its own rules.
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It’s a good time for black people to be alive.
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What is love but a prelude to sorrow with heartache ahead for your goal.
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I would like you to know, I am a doctor of music.
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I think the rich will eventually have to cave in too, because the economic situation around the world is not gonna tolerate the United States being on top forever.
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Funk, gospel, blues is all out of slavery times, out of depression, out of sorrow.
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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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Music is a gift and a burden I’ve had since I can remember who I was.
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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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Many times I feel different like a different person.
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I know I’m different, but I don’t think about it.
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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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