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This quote is just one of 9 total Nina Simone quotes in our collection. Nina Simone is known for saying 'There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.' as well as some of the following quotes.
Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking. . . . the new inventive phrases we make up to describe things -- all that to me is jazz just as much as the music we play.
I do not believe in mixing of the races. You can quote me. I don't believe in it, and I never have. I've never changed. I've never changed my hair. I've never changed my color, I have always been proud of myself, and my fans are proud of me for remaining the way I've always been. I married a white man one time, but he was a creep.
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?
The worst thing about that kind of prejudice... is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds you self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough.
This quote is just one of 9 total Nina Simone quotes in our collection. Nina Simone is known for saying 'There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.' as well as some of the following quotes.