I think the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. I don't think the black people are going to rise at all; I think most of them are going to die.
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My job is not done. I address my songs now to the third world. I am popular all over Asia and Africa and the Middle East, not to speak of South Africa, where I'm trying to go to see Nelson Mandela.Nina Simone
I demand perfection in what I do, and I practice very hard before I give a concert-sometimes three to six hours a day.
Nina Simone
Everything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was part of everyday life, as automatic as breathing.
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With all the bombings going on, and the terrorism, I don't like it at all. It frightens me. I like being in the South of France. It is very beautiful, and we work very hard to keep it that way. We have a huge garden bearing fruit for the winter peaches, grapes, strawberries, and raspberries.
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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.
Nina Simone
The worst thing about that kind of prejudice... is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds you self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough.
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