Music is one of the ways by which you can know everything which is going on in the world. You can feel... through music... Whew... you can feel the vibrations of everybody in the world at any given moment. Nina Simone More Quotes by Nina Simone More Quotes From Nina Simone I look forward to doing my own show, not someone else's. That's always been my dream. Nina Simone shows dream looks I only knew classical music, which to me was the only true music. The only way I could survive at the bar was to mix the classical music with popular songs, and that meant I had to sing. What happened was that I discovered I had a voice plus the talent to mix classical music together with more popular songs, which at the time I detested. Nina Simone music voice song You can't be different if you look at it. Being gifted is different. I had that in my piano playing. I'm very thankful for that. I'm very aware of that. The style and what I fed is just me. I never worked at it. It just happened. Nina Simone piano style different Every day has its emotional difficulties. I miss my mother whether I'm singing her music or not. Nina Simone emotional mother missing As far as piano players are concerned, Oscar Peterson is my very favorite. I also like McCoy Tyner. I think that the big jazz stars, both now and in the past...how shall I say it? These guys are as great as Bach, Beethoven; all of them. People don't know it yet. If jazz survives and is put on a pedestal as an art form, the same as classical music has been through the years, a hundred years from now the kids will know who they were, with that kind of respect. Nina Simone stars kids art I am particular about the seating of the audience - also about how much money they pay - but most of all where they are seated. If I am going to sing something intimate, who am I going to sing it to? Nina Simone audience intimate pay 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 music play mean Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music. Nina Simone music racism white 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 crazy home thinking I don't like drug addicts and she sounds like a cat. Nina Simone cat drug music Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember. Nina Simone joy remember long I was not reluctant to become a singer. Singing has been an activity I've done my whole life, without thought. Nina Simone singers singing done Since I was three I've been playing the piano. I've been onstage. Nina Simone piano three Since I was three I've been playing the piano. I've been onstage. My mother is an Evangelist and I used to play the piano at her revival meetings. Nina Simone piano mother play I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping. Nina Simone rap hip-hop thinking I don't like to go to strange places. I was in Italy for about five hours on my way to Africa. Nina Simone strange-places hours way Music is a gift and a burden I've had since I can remember who I was. Nina Simone jazz music remember 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. Nina Simone music choices people 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. Nina Simone first-love love-is men I would like you to know, I am a doctor of music. Nina Simone doctors like-you music
