It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution – real girl’s talk.

NINA SIMONE

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It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution – real girl’s talk.

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Bagwalas

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.

NINA SIMONE

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.
NINA SIMONE

Awareness
It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution – real girl’s talk.

NINA SIMONE

It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution – real girl’s talk.
NINA SIMONE
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.

NINA SIMONE

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.
NINA SIMONE
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.

NINA SIMONE

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.
NINA SIMONE

Rise
I try to swim every damn day I can, and I’ve learned to scuba dive and snorkel.

NINA SIMONE

I try to swim every damn day I can, and I’ve learned to scuba dive and snorkel.
NINA SIMONE

Day
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.

NINA SIMONE

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.
NINA SIMONE

See
When a child is gifted, people try to help that child.

NINA SIMONE

When a child is gifted, people try to help that child.
NINA SIMONE
I had heard blues and jazz all my life but I was never aware that it was associated with nightclubs and drinking.

NINA SIMONE

I had heard blues and jazz all my life but I was never aware that it was associated with nightclubs and drinking.
NINA SIMONE

Assosiation Awareness Drinking
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.

NINA SIMONE

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.
NINA SIMONE
Every day has its emotional difficulties. I miss my mother whether I’m singing her music or not.

NINA SIMONE

Every day has its emotional difficulties. I miss my mother whether I’m singing her music or not.
NINA SIMONE

Day
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!

NINA SIMONE

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!
NINA SIMONE

Sadness
I know I’m different, but I don’t think about it.

NINA SIMONE

I know I’m different, but I don’t think about it.
NINA SIMONE
I don’t like to go to strange places. I was in Italy for about five hours on my way to Africa.

NINA SIMONE

I don’t like to go to strange places. I was in Italy for about five hours on my way to Africa.
NINA SIMONE
I would like a man now who is rich, and who can give me a boat – a sailboat. I want to own it and let him pay for it. My first love is the sea and water, not music. Music is second.

NINA SIMONE

I would like a man now who is rich, and who can give me a boat – a sailboat. I want to own it and let him pay for it. My first love is the sea and water, not music. Music is second.
NINA SIMONE
Music is a gift and a burden I’ve had since I can remember who I was.

NINA SIMONE

Music is a gift and a burden I’ve had since I can remember who I was.
NINA SIMONE
To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that’s not what I play. I play black classical music.

NINA SIMONE

To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that’s not what I play. I play black classical music.
NINA SIMONE

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