Music is one of the ways by which you can know everything which is going on in the world. You can feel through music. Whew you can feel the vibrations of everybody in the world at any given moment.
NINA SIMONEI have a cultured manner of speaking.
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I have a cultured manner of speaking.
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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 not just music, it’s a way of life, it’s a way of being, a way of thinking.
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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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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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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 was not reluctant to become a singer. Singing has been an activity I’ve done my whole life, without thought.
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I don’t like rap music at all. I don’t think it’s music. It’s just a beat and rapping.
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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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Music is an art and art has its own rules.
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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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Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.
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Many times I feel different like a different person.
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You can’t be different if you look at it. Being gifted is different. I had that in my piano playing. I’m very thankful for that. I’m very aware of that. The style and what I fed is just me. I never worked at it. It just happened.
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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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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 play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs and good ones.
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It doesn’t matter to me what is going on today because my music encompasses every kind of mood that exists in human beings. That’s my stick.
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I think the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. I don’t think the black people are going to rise at all; I think most of them are going to die.
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Talent is a burden not a joy. I am not of this planet. I do not come from you. I am not like you.
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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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Everything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was part of everyday life, as automatic as breathing.
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We have ordered things so long in a certain way, we are numb. Nobody dares question it. This is what is wrong, symbolically, with America.
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I’m sorry that I did not become the world’s first black classic pianist. I think I would have been happier.
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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 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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