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. Nina Simone More Quotes by Nina Simone More Quotes From Nina Simone I want to shake people up so bad, that when they leave a nightclub where I've performed, I just want them to be to pieces. Nina Simone leave bad want people What I was interested in was conveying an emotional message, which means using everything you've got inside you sometimes to barely make a note, or if you have to strain to sing, you sing. Nina Simone inside you emotional sometimes