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Nina Simone

"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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"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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"I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important."
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"I would like a man now who is rich, and who can give me a boat - a sailboat. I want to own it and let him pay for it. My first love is the sea and water, not music. Music is second."
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"From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman."
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"I think the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. I don't think the black people are going to rise at all; I think most of them are going to die."
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"Once I understood Bach's music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher who introduced me to his world."
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"I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I'm not going."
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"There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were."
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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."
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