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
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.
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.