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I love to travel to hear different kinds of music.

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
Kinds
Travel
Hear
Music
Different
Kind
Love

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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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That's a very high goal to have, study eight hours a day to be a concert pianist.
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