Talent is a burden not a joy. I am not of this planet. I do not come from you. I am not like you.
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 SimoneI'm sorry that I did not become the world's first black classic pianist. I think I would have been happier.
Nina Simone