I don’t like to go to strange places. I was in Italy for about five hours on my way to Africa.
NINA SIMONEI have a cultured manner of speaking.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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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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Music is a gift and a burden I’ve had since I can remember who I was.
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I’m just human, I have faults like anyone.
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I made wine from the lilac tree/Put my heart in its recipe/It makes me see what I want to see/And be what I want to be.
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Slavery has never been abolished from America’s way of thinking.
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You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.
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What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.
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Music is the center of my life.
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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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I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about… Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.
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From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.
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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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Through music you can become sad, joyful, loving, you can learn. You can learn mathematics, touch, pacing Oh my God! Ooh Wow You can see colors through music. Anything!
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I’m a real rebel with a cause.
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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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