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 SIMONEYou’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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I feel more alive now than I ever have in my life. I have a chance to live, as I’ve dreamed.
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I have a cultured manner of speaking.
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My name sounds French but that’s just a stage name.
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Theory and harmony broadened my mind in music. I know what music is made of.
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You don’t have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.
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You’ve got to learn to leave the table When love’s no longer being served”.
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Many times I feel different like a different person.
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That’s a very high goal to have, study eight hours a day to be a concert pianist.
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I would like you to know, I am a doctor of music.
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Slavery has never been abolished from America’s way of thinking.
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It is difficult to retain your standards with the pressure of trying to make money, which always has its rules. It’s hard to walk the tightrope of doing what you think is your best and making money at it.
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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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To be young, gifted and black!
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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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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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