Nina Simone
Nina Simone
Nina Simonewas an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist who worked in a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJazz Singer
Date of Birth21 February 1933
CityTyron, NC
CountryUnited States of America
umpires swim trying
I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel.
american-musician love man music pay sea
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.
affair anymore intensive love
I had a very intensive love affair from 1994 to 1995. It was like a volcano, so I don't want that anymore for a while.
heard met remember sing wore
Every person I ever met who heard her sing could remember what they wore and what she wore (on that occasion).
doctor
You know, I am a doctor of music.
money particular sing
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?
chuckle died laugh
Before she died we were able to laugh and chuckle about a lot of things.
girl real revolution
It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution - real girl's talk.
thinking vaccines forever
I think the rich will eventually have to cave in too, because the economic situation around the world is not gonna tolerate the United States being on top forever.
piano three
Since I was three I've been playing the piano. I've been onstage.
mother play piano
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.
men white racism
From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.
thinking america important
I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I'm not going.
strange-places strange
I don't like to go to strange places.