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 SimoneWe have ordered things so long in a certain way, we are numb. Nobody dares question it. This is what is wrong, symbolically, with America.
Nina SimoneThe allusion was that I was actually naked. I loved that. It always, kind of shocked people enough that they became mine immediately.
Nina Simone