How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?
NINA SIMONEI try to swim every damn day I can, and I’ve learned to scuba dive and snorkel.
More Nina Simone Quotes
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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.
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Funk, gospel, blues is all out of slavery times, out of depression, out of sorrow.
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Music is the center of my life.
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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 a real rebel with a cause.
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Tomorrow, I might be in a different mood and you wouldn’t recognize my voice.
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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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What is love but a prelude to sorrow with heartache ahead for your goal.
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Many times I feel different like a different person.
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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’m just human, I have faults like anyone.
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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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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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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 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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