Eunice Kathleen Waymon (Nina Simone) Quotes

When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it. People have heard my music and heard the classic in it, so I have become known as a black classical pianist.

Eunice Kathleen Waymon

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• When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it. People have heard my music and heard the classic in it, so I have become known as a black classical pianist.

  

  Eunice Kathleen Waymon
  • Music
  • Choices
  • Studying