I just think she was a wonderful woman. What I think of when I think of Nina [Simone] is someone that I… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I wish that she had had a black loon because I don't think that Nina [Simone] did. I have always had -… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
We just didn't put any pressure on each other, and I think that everybody needs somebody, and I didn't do it to… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I knew Stokely [Carmichael] and them, but when you got to that, you saw that Nina Simone started to take up their… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I was responding to one thing for the woman I knew, and there's another thing for what did she give, right. She… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I used to go up to her house. She lived upstate [in New York] and I lived in Manhattan; you're living in… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I think that too many strangers were in her [Nina Simone's] life, and not enough people that she knew and loved. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I think it's the strength of her music, using art to make a statement. I think it really is. It was not… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I prefer her [Nina Simone's] jazz period much more so than her folk period. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Nina Simone's music is incredibly honest. That's like saying, "Why does Jesus' word still stay around?" It's incredibly honest and it's good. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I am of the generation of segregation. Black Lives Matter is post. I said today, and I will say all the time,… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I just think she was a wonderful woman. What I think of when I think of Nina [Simone] is someone that I could relate… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I am ever fascinated by the human experience and by, actually, human beings. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
You do what you can with what you have. You have to work the edges whatever they are. The main thing is keeping your… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I’ve not learned the acceptable way of saying you fascinate me...I’ve not even learned how to say I like you without frightening people away- — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
ever been kidnapped by a poet if i were a poet i'd kidnap you put you in my phrases and meter.... — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Young people coming up who are having difficulty with their so-called celebrity need to get back into their lives. It's your life and you… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
[To become a poet] The most important thing is to pay attention. The next would probably be to read; it's so important to pay… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
daddy says the world is a drum tight and hard and i told him i’m gonna beat out my own rhythm — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
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