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It's a good time for black people to be alive.
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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Singer-Songwriter
Tryon
North Carolina
Eunice Kathleen Waymon
High Priestess of Soul
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Alive
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I look forward to doing my own show, not someone else's. That's always been my dream.
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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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I don't like drug addicts and she sounds like a cat.
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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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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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This is the world you have made yourself, now you have to live in it.
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