Eunice Kathleen Waymon (Nina Simone) Quotes
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One never can know the whys and the wherefores of one's passional changes.
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I don't know how many people have ever seen the National Guard break in somewhere, but they mean business.
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Music is all about leadership and there ain't really a lot of leaders.
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I read whenever possible, and I buy books all the time, sometimes online, but mostly from bookshops. I love literature. If you want to understand art, it's important to understand what is also happening in literature, in music, in science, in architecture.
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Artistic development made me who I am. Somebody took the time to help me find what it is that works for me as an entertainer and who I am as a music maker.
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For me, genres are a way for people to easily categorize music. But it doesn't have to define you. It doesn't have to limit you.
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I think music docs could turn off some people.
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I don't know what I'm qualified to do, film-wise... So it's really down to a director or a casting director to find something that they think I could do.
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Music enables me to cleanse and shed the things that I feel are holding me back from growing, or growing up.
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I'll be making music 'til the day I die. I've done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming.
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Everybody thinks it's going to be so glamorous, so cool, you're on 'Glee,' you know, a hit show or whatever.
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II know a little about Greek mythology. It's not that far away from the Nordic mythology.
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Music is amazing. There's some metaphysical comfort where it allows you to be isolated and alone while telling you that you are not alone... truly, the only cure for sadness is to share it with someone else.
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If it weren't for singing, I don't know what else I would do with myself.
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You know, the music business is like the Lotto. Just put your numbers down and sometimes they hit, and sometimes they don't. There's just no rhyme or reason.
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One good thing about TV Land is you're always surrounded by people who know what they're doing, in terms of your fellow actors.
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Those who talk don't know what is going on and those who know what is going on won't talk.
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Music is not a profession. Music is a way of life - one that requires much professionalism.
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People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.
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The new Zune may not be an iPod killer, but it does offer a clean interface, great industrial design, HD radio, and a subscription model for music, making it significantly less expensive for big users.
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When I retire, the only thing that concerns me is that no one can say that I was a bad team-mate or disrespectful or self-important.
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In the earliest days of Pixar, when we were making 'Toy Story' and 'A Bug's Life,' we all came together as a group.
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As a comedian, especially one that works as much as I do, there is a lot of sacrifice. People don't see that I'm away from my family 46 weeks out of the year. I miss all the birthdays and anniversaries and holidays.
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I would like you to know, I am a doctor of music.
