Eunice Kathleen Waymon (Nina Simone) Quotes
I only knew classical music, which to me was the only true music. The only way I could survive at the bar was to mix the classical music with popular songs, and that meant I had to sing. What happened was that I discovered I had a voice plus the talent to mix classical music together with more popular songs, which at the time I detested.
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On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the saints who deny it.
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All the things that are in the past are in the past.
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God is best known in not knowing him.
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I always work with 18 friends.
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I'm still a small shrimp, not a dragon.
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If you think you're hearing something and you can't think what it is. If you feel a quiet longing lift your heart into the wind. There you'll find my kindred spirit. There you'll meet me as a friend. It is just a kindred spirit and a song to let you in.
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It is better to believe than to disbelieve; in doing you bring everything to the realm of possibility.
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You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.
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I am very excited to be able to work more with young designers and support them.
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I only knew classical music, which to me was the only true music. The only way I could survive at the bar was to mix the classical music with popular songs, and that meant I had to sing. What happened was that I discovered I had a voice plus the talent to mix classical music together with more popular songs, which at the time I detested.
