Nina Simone > Quotes

“It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life For me
And I'm feeling good”
― Nina Simone, I Put A Spell On You: The Autobiography Of Nina Simone

“There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were”
― Nina Simone

“You can't help it. An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times.”
― 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.”
― Nina Simone

“You don't have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.”
― Nina Simone

“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

“All music is what awakes within us
when we are reminded by the instruments;
It is not the violins or the clarinets -
It is not the beating of the drums -
Nor the score of the baritone singing
his sweet romanza; not that of the men's chorus,
Nor that of the women's chorus -
It is nearer and farther than they”
― Nina Simone

“It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution - real girl's talk.”
― Nina Simone, I Put A Spell On You: The Autobiography Of Nina Simone