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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.

Nina Simone

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Nina Simone
Age: 75 †
Born: 1933
Born: February 21
Died: 2008
Died: April 21
Composer
Jazz Pianist
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Tryon
North Carolina
Eunice Kathleen Waymon
High Priestess of Soul
Fun
Alone
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Feel
Feels
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People
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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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My love is like the wind and wild is the wind. Give me more than one caress, satisfy my hungriness. Let the wind blow through your heart for wild is the wind.
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I believe in racial memory too. I'm sure I've got ancient African blood in me that has something to do with what I am.
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I don't like to go to strange places.
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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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I don't like drug addicts and she sounds like a cat.
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You can't help it. An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times.
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Since I was three I've been playing the piano. I've been onstage.
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