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I look forward to doing my own show, not someone else's. That's always been my dream.
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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Eunice Kathleen Waymon
High Priestess of Soul
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From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.
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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 tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.
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Many times I feel different like a different person.
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You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.
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I'm a nut for Bach as a composer.
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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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I don't like to go to strange places.
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I can't stand loud guitars that make me deaf.
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Desegregation is a joke.
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