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Desegregation is a joke.

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
Brotherhood
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I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs... and good ones.
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It's a good time for black people to be alive.
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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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You don't have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.
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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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Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
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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 don't like to go to strange places. I was in Italy for about five hours on my way to Africa.
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What is love but a prelude to sorrow...with heartache ahead for your goal.
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I can't stand loud guitars that make me deaf.
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Many times I feel different like a different person.
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When I choose material for an album all these songs I grew up with pour into my head.
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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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Anything human can be felt through music, which means that there is no limit to the creating that can be done with music. You can take the same phrase from any song and cut it up so many different ways - it's infinite. It's like God... you know?
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Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember.
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The Beatles are lucky, very lucky. But what has happened to them has nothing to do with them, in a sense. They came along at the right time. Attention was focused on them. They've had the chance to grow in almost any direction they wanted. Very lucky. They are not exceptionally talented.
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Since I was three I've been playing the piano. I've been onstage.
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I believe the time will come when the whole definition of pop music will change. It will get to the point where a song will not be a good song until it has a high level of creativity in writing and performance. In other words, in order to be popular, songs will have to meet these high standards.
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That's a very high goal to have, study eight hours a day to be a concert pianist.
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I do not believe in mixing of the races. You can quote me. I don't believe in it, and I never have. I've never changed. I've never changed my hair. I've never changed my color, I have always been proud of myself, and my fans are proud of me for remaining the way I've always been. I married a white man one time, but he was a creep
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