Eunice Kathleen Waymon (Nina Simone) Quotes
To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music.
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The very first step toward giving to others is grateful recognition of our own assets.
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When each thing is unique in itself, there can be no comparison made.... There is only this strange recognition of present otherness.
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To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music.
