Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I’m lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home.
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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That’s a very high goal to have, study eight hours a day to be a concert pianist.
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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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Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
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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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Once I understood Bach’s music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher who introduced me to his world.
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I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs and good ones.
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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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The allusion was that I was actually naked. I loved that. It always, kind of shocked people enough that they became mine immediately.
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I do love to sing Jacques Brel songs, intensely. I get terribly excited, just by reading a couple of lines in any one of his songs.
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I know I’m different, but I don’t think about it.
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I don’t like to go to strange places. I was in Italy for about five hours on my way to Africa.
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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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I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.
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Desegregation is a joke.
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Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.
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