139 Quotes by Nina Simone

It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution - real girl's talk.

Since I was three I've been playing the piano. I've been onstage.

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.

I don't like to go to strange places.

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.

Desegregation is a joke.

I look forward to doing my own show, not someone else's. That's always been my dream.

I play piano, by ear. Yes, I write songs... and good ones.

I would like you to know, I am a doctor of music.