Nina Simone

Famous quotes by Nina Simone:

"I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel."

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

"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."

"Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking. . . . the new inventive phrases we make up to describe things -- all that to me is jazz just as much as the music we play."

"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?"

"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."

"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."

"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."

"There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were."

"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."

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Constance Yalonda Simon

Herald-Standard 25 Mar 2025

She is survived by her children, Thomas Simon (Nina Stobaugh), Mary Simon-LeCates (Gerry Ammermon), George Simon, Rachel Simon (Michael Dugan), Chad Simon (Kelly Simon); sister, Josephine Nicholas of ...

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N.J. folk icon Janis Ian on trusting her brilliant life’s story with another

NJ 25 Mar 2025

... covered by everyone from Cher to Nina Simone to Dave Grohl.

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Zoren: Happy days! A new Phillies season set to begin this week

The Trentonian 23 Mar 2025

Play ball!. Sure, the Phillies have participated in almost 30 games since February, but Thursday is when baseball in 2025 begins to count ... game against the Washington Nationals ... I heard everything from The Temptations to Nina Simone and Sonia Cruz ... ....

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Herron School of Art alum Monique Burts creates fantasy worlds with her wearable art

IndyStar 21 Mar 2025

Monique Burts' realization that she should pursue a career in art came while she was selling shoes ... The public can see her wearable art at events this spring and summer ... Black Womanhood Unveiled," inspired by Nina Simone's song "Four Women ." ... ... June 6.

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‘Every push forward is opposed by backward forces’: why the new Rebel Girls book is more needed than ever

The Observer 21 Mar 2025

Mary Earps is “drawn to people with a rebellious nature, people who aren’t afraid to say what they really think” ... Photograph ... She says it was important in the first edition to include Nina Simone, for example, who was in some ways “very flawed” ... Share ... .

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Women of the Harlem Renaissance were pioneers of art, literature and activism

Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder 20 Mar 2025

Bennett, Jessie Redmon Fauset, Nella Larsen, Bessie Smith, Nina ...

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'Freest that I've ever felt': The stage is home for singer and actor Akili Ni Mali

IndyStar 18 Mar 2025

As both an actor and singer-songwriter, Akili Ni Mali Tormoehlen finds that her passions fuel one other. She works movie references into lyrics — like dropping Mr ... "I feel that ... Hoosier audiences most recently saw Akili Ni Mali star in "Nina Simone.

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Stars for Freedom Rally: New generation marks Selma to Montgomery march's 60th anniversary

The Gadsden Times 17 Mar 2025

Jude in Montgomery, with performances by entertainment greats like Harry Belafonte (the organizer), Sammy Davis Jr., Nina Simone, Tony Bennett, Odetta, Mahalia Jackson, Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and Mary and more ... Jamal H. Bryant ... "Even your play cousin.

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READY, FIRE, AIM: 17 Wonderful Things About Getting a Divorce

Pagosa Daily Post 14 Mar 2025

My search engine of choice — DuckDuckGo — has promised never to share information about what websites I visit, which is probably a good thing ... If I am going to appreciate a song by Nina Simone, I want it to be one particular song, not 33 of them ... 1 ... 2.

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A legacy in focus: The long shadow of Ernest Cole

Mail Guardian South Africa 14 Mar 2025

“Christ chose his disciples, Earnest Cole’s disciples chose him,” photographer Andrew Tshabangu has said ... Art is in many ways defined mostly by its influence ... The sound and the fury ... “Once in a while, there is a John Coltrane, a Nina Simone.

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Sinnerman Nina Simone

Bitchute 13 Mar 2025

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Nina Simone Stars Live

Bitchute 13 Mar 2025

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Willie Nelson adds 77th solo studio album to his beautiful world

Culture Map 13 Mar 2025

Willie Nelson may be creeping toward 100 years old, but he shows no signs of slowing down ... His most recent album, Last Leaf on the Tree (2024), included covers of songs by Beck, Tom Waits, Neil Young, and Nina Simone ... ....

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Watch Fugees’ Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean perform together at Roberta Flack memorial

NME 12 Mar 2025

“Like Nina Simone, she carved out for me a pathway of soulful Black intellectual sublime beauty that not only spoke to Black resistance directly in lyric and statement, but was Black resistance ...

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Keep dancing: Chanel DaSilva on taking risks, dealing with grief and tackling Trump

The Observer 12 Mar 2025

Chanel DaSilva has always been a dancer. “I felt completely free,” she says of her first class. “I felt at home ... Photograph ... DaSilva has taken some artistic risks of her own, agreeing with Nina Simone that it’s an artist’s duty to reflect the times ... .

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Born: 1933-02-21

Died: 2003-04-21

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