Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking. . . . the new inventive phrases we make up to describe things -- all that to me is jazz just as much as the music we play.
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Music is a gift and a burden I've had since I can remember who I was.Nina Simone
When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it. People have heard my music and heard the classic in it, so I have become known as a black classical pianist.
Nina Simone
Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking.
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.
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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.
Nina Simone
There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.
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