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Famous Nina Simone Quotes
“There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.”
“Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.”
“I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel.”
“You don't have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.”
“You can't help it. An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times.”
“It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution - real girl's talk.”
“This is the world you have made yourself, now you have to live in it.”
“You've got to learn to leave the table When love's no longer being served".”
“Music is a gift and a burden I've had since I can remember who I was.”
“Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking.”
“From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.”
“Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking.”
“I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping.”
“I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.”
“Talent is a burden not a joy. I am not of this planet. I do not come from you. I am not like you.”