Nina Simone
Nina Simone
Nina Simonewas an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist who worked in a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJazz Singer
Date of Birth21 February 1933
CityTyron, NC
CountryUnited States of America
thinking vaccines forever
I think the rich will eventually have to cave in too, because the economic situation around the world is not gonna tolerate the United States being on top forever.
umpires swim trying
I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel.
piano three
Since I was three I've been playing the piano. I've been onstage.
mother play piano
Since I was three I've been playing the piano. I've been onstage. My mother is an Evangelist and I used to play the piano at her revival meetings.
men white racism
From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.
thinking america important
I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I'm not going.
rap thinking hip-hop
I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping.
brotherhood jokes
Desegregation is a joke.
song jobs singing
My job is not done. I address my songs now to the third world. I am popular all over Asia and Africa and the Middle East, not to speak of South Africa, where I'm trying to go to see Nelson Mandela.
first-love love-is men
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.
strange-places strange
I don't like to go to strange places.