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
song jobs singing
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.
brotherhood jokes
Desegregation is a joke.
dream looks shows
I look forward to doing my own show, not someone else's. That's always been my dream.
song writing play
I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs... and good ones.
first-love love-is men
I would like a man now who is rich, and who can give me a boat - a sailboat. I want to own it and let him pay for it. My first love is the sea and water, not music. Music is second.
music doctors like-you
I would like you to know, I am a doctor of music.
rap thinking hip-hop
I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping.
teacher world concerts
Once I understood Bach's music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher who introduced me to his world.
strange-places way hours
I don't like to go to strange places. I was in Italy for about five hours on my way to Africa.
music people choices
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.
music remember burden
Music is a gift and a burden I've had since I can remember who I was.
success determination practice
I demand perfection in what I do, and I practice very hard before I give a concert-sometimes three to six hours a day.
music cat drug
I don't like drug addicts and she sounds like a cat.
people naked kind
The allusion was that I was actually naked. I loved that. It always, kind of shocked people enough that they became mine immediately.