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When I choose material for an album all these songs I grew up with pour into my head.
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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Music is one of the ways by which you can know everything which is going on in the world. You can feel... through music... Whew... you can feel the vibrations of everybody in the world at any given moment.
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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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Since I was three I've been playing the piano. I've been onstage.
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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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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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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
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I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs... and good ones.
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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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I had heard blues and jazz all my life but I was never aware that it was associated with nightclubs and drinking.
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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 try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel.
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What is love but a prelude to sorrow...with heartache ahead for your goal.
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Theory and harmony broadened my mind in music. I know what music is made of.
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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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Desegregation is a joke.
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I love the classics but there are many new ideas to be made into reality. I'd rather be concerned with my own thing. There are many masters of classical piano so I'll leave it to them.
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