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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
Nina Simone
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Nina Simone
Age: 75 †
Born: 1933
Born: February 21
Died: 2008
Died: April 21
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Jazz Pianist
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Tryon
North Carolina
Eunice Kathleen Waymon
High Priestess of Soul
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I'm a nut for Bach as a composer.
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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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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 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.
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I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs... and good ones.
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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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I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I'm not going.
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There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.
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I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.
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How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and souls of people who are unable to express it
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