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
world made
This is the world you have made yourself, now you have to live in it.
music joy jazz
Talent is a burden not a joy. I am not of this planet. I do not come from you. I am not like you.
love-is tables get-up
You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.
believe men hair
I do not believe in mixing of the races. You can quote me. I don't believe in it, and I never have. I've never changed. I've never changed my hair. I've never changed my color, I have always been proud of myself, and my fans are proud of me for remaining the way I've always been. I married a white man one time, but he was a creep
romantic heart blow
My love is like the wind and wild is the wind. Give me more than one caress, satisfy my hungriness. Let the wind blow through your heart for wild is the wind.
heart people soul
How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and souls of people who are unable to express it
inspirational sky flying-high
Birds flying high you know how I feel Sun in the sky you know how I feel Breeze driftin' on by you know how I feel And this old world is a new world And a bold world For me And I'm feeling good I'm feeling good
knowing together sane
What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.
life-is-short people how-you-feel
Life is short. People are not easy to know. They're not easy to know, so if you don't tell them how you feel, you're not going to get anywhere, I feel.
artist helping duty
You can't help it. An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times.
freedom no-fear
I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.
heartbreak heart-break tables
You've got to learn to leave the table When love's no longer being served".
girl real revolution
It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution - real girl's talk.
thinking vaccines forever
I think the rich will eventually have to cave in too, because the economic situation around the world is not gonna tolerate the United States being on top forever.