Nina Simone

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. ↗

— Nina Simone

#am #angry #enough #feeds #feel

Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I'm lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home. ↗

— Nina Simone

#crazy #driven #greed #here #home

I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I'm not going. ↗

— Nina Simone

#going #i #i think #important #more

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. ↗

— Nina Simone

#die #going #i #i think #most

I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel. ↗

— Nina Simone

#day #dive #every #i #i can

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. ↗

— Nina Simone

#first #first love #give #give me #him

From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman. ↗

— Nina Simone

#beginning #black #man #touch #white

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. ↗

— Nina Simone

#because #classical #classical music #dedicated #excellence

There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were. ↗

— Nina Simone

#heroes #heroines #knowing #not knowing #people

I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping. ↗

— Nina Simone

#i #just #like #music #rap