Author: Nina Simone

Quotes

I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping.

I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping.

- Nina Simone

At this crucial time in our lives, when everything is so desperate, when every day is a matter of survival, I don't think you can help but be involved.

At this crucial time in our lives, when everything is so desperate, when every day is a matter of survival, I don't think you can help but be involved.

- Nina Simone

I didn't get interested in music. It was a gift from God.

I didn't get interested in music. It was a gift from God.

- Nina Simone

I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.

I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.

- Nina Simone

Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I'm lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home.

Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I'm lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home.

- Nina Simone

To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music.

To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music.

- Nina Simone

You feel the shame, humiliation, and anger at being just another victim of prejudice, and at the same time, there's the nagging worry that maybe... you're just no good.

You feel the shame, humiliation, and anger at being just another victim of prejudice, and at the same time, there's the nagging worry that maybe... you're just no good.

- Nina Simone

You get racism crossing the street; it's in the very fabric of American society.

You get racism crossing the street; it's in the very fabric of American society.

- Nina Simone

I'll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear. I mean really, no fear!

I'll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear. I mean really, no fear!

- Nina Simone

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