Quotes about Nina Simone

When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and...

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To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what...

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This may be a dream, but I'll say it anyway: I was supposed to be...

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There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are...

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The worst thing about that kind of prejudice... is that while you feel hurt and...

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Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking.

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Once I understood Bach's music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me...

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Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.

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I'm a real rebel with a cause.

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I would like a man now who is rich, and who can give me a...

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I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive...

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I think the rich will eventually have to cave in too, because the economic situation...

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