Nina Simone
Nina Simone
Nina Simonewas an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist who worked in a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJazz Singer
Date of Birth21 February 1933
CityTyron, NC
CountryUnited States of America
people black alive
It's a good time for black people to be alive.
faults humans
I'm just human, I have faults like anyone
black young gifted
To be young, gifted and black!
fun people feels
I feel what they feel. And people who listen to me know that, and it makes them feel like they're not alone.
dream kissing years
This may be a dream, but I'll say it anyway: I was supposed to be married last year, and I bought a gown. When I meet Nelson Mandela, I shall put on this gown and have the train of it removed and put aside, and kiss the ground that he walks on and then kiss his feet.
alive chance feels
I feel more alive now than I ever have in my life. I have a chance to live, as I've dreamed.
real reality causes
I'm a real rebel with a cause.
giving next give-me
You don't have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.
thinking america racism
Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking.
music thinking way
Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking.
heart wine tree
I made wine from the lilac tree/Put my heart in its recipe/It makes me see what I want to see/And be what I want to be
new-day feel-good feelings
It's a new dawn, it's a new day...and I'm feeling good.
hero knowing firefighter
There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.
hurt thinking self
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.