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title: "68 Nina Simone Quotes by 48 authors"
description: "Browse 68 Nina Simone quotes by 48 authors. Discover the best Nina Simone sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f2/benjamin-clementine-5044_cave_my-heroes-nick-cave-tom-waits-nina-simon_1224163.jpg"
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> [My heroes: Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Nina Simone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-clementine/my-heroes-nick-cave-tom-waits-nina-simone/)

[Benjamin Clementine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-clementine/)

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> [Nina Simone, to me, singing about black culture - she's unparalleled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salim-akil/nina-simone-to-me-singing-about-black-culture-she-s-unparalleled/)

[Salim Akil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salim-akil/)

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> [ I prefer her \[Nina Simone's\] jazz period much more so than her folk period. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-giovanni/i-prefer-her-nina-simone-s-jazz-period-much-more-so-than-her-folk/)

[Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-giovanni/)

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> [I think it's fair to say that Nina Simone was a prodigy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-martin/i-think-it-s-fair-to-say-that-nina-simone-was-a-prodigy/)

[Michel Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-martin/)

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> [I love everything from The Rolling Stones to Run-DMC to Nina Simone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-bronfman/i-love-everything-from-the-rolling-stones-to-run-dmc-to-nina-simone/)

[Hannah Bronfman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-bronfman/)

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> [I had this voice when I was in high school, except nobody thought much of it then. I developed it by imitating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anohni/i-had-this-voice-when-i-was-in-high-school-except-nobody-thought-much/)

[Anohni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anohni/)

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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-giovanni/nina-simone-s-music-is-incredibly-honest-that-s-like-saying-why-does/)

[Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-giovanni/)

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> [My biggest role models are not chefs, but women like Coco Chanel, Simone de Beauvoir, Nina Simone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominique-crenn/my-biggest-role-models-are-not-chefs-but-women-like-coco-chanel/)

[Dominique Crenn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominique-crenn/)

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> [Nina Simone sacrificed so much to be as bold as she was about being black and about being female in an era…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/nina-simone-sacrificed-so-much-to-be-as-bold-as-she-was-about-being/)

[India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/)

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> [Nina Simone is a musical genius and a rich and precious treasure who paid a heavy price for her artistic freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianne-reeves/nina-simone-is-a-musical-genius-and-a-rich-and-precious-treasure-who/)

[Dianne Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianne-reeves/)

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> [I did a little film called 'Nina,' a small role. I played a French girl who was a nurse to Nina Simone.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaina-huffman/i-did-a-little-film-called-nina-a-small-role-i-played-a-french-girl/)

[Alaina Huffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alaina-huffman/)

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> [Growing up, I had a natural love for women like Diana Ross, Mary Wells, Ella Fitzgerald. Then I got into Dionne Warwick,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-prass/growing-up-i-had-a-natural-love-for-women-like-diana-ross-mary-wells/)

[Natalie Prass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-prass/)

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> [So while you're imitating Al Capone, I'll be Nina Simone And defecating on your microphone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauryn-hill/so-while-you-re-imitating-al-capone-i-ll-be-nina-simone-and/)

[Lauryn Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauryn-hill/)

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> [I'm like a middle-aged person; when my friends go on about modern bands, I don't know what they are talking about. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgia-may-jagger/i-m-like-a-middle-aged-person-when-my-friends-go-on-about-modern/)

[Georgia May Jagger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georgia-may-jagger/)

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> [I think it's the strength of her music, using art to make a statement. I think it really is. It was not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-giovanni/i-think-it-s-the-strength-of-her-music-using-art-to-make-a-statement/)

[Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-giovanni/)

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> [ I knew Stokely \[Carmichael\] and them, but when you got to that, you saw that Nina Simone started to take up their… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-giovanni/i-knew-stokely-carmichael-and-them-but-when-you-got-to-that-you-saw/)

[Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-giovanni/)

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> [I've always been attracted to music, and women like Aretha Franklin, Beyonce, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald and Tina Turner showed the path,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-mackie/i-ve-always-been-attracted-to-music-and-women-like-aretha-franklin/)

[Pearl Mackie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-mackie/)

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> [ I used to go up to her house. She lived upstate \[in New York\] and I lived in Manhattan; you're living in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-giovanni/i-used-to-go-up-to-her-house-she-lived-upstate-in-new-york-and-i/)

[Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-giovanni/)

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> [My big influences are Joni Mitchell, and a lot of classical and Indian music, as well as Nina Simone and the personal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yael-naim/my-big-influences-are-joni-mitchell-and-a-lot-of-classical-and-indian/)

[Yael Naim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yael-naim/)

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> [I think Nina Simone has had an amazing journey. She was spicy and she had attitude and she didn't care, she wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-long/i-think-nina-simone-has-had-an-amazing-journey-she-was-spicy-and-she/)

[Nia Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nia-long/)

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> [“And when we pressed our heads to each other's hearts how did we not hear Carmen McRae singing? In Angela's fisted hands,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-woodson/and-when-we-pressed-our-heads-to-each-other-s-hearts-how-did-we-not/)

[Jacqueline Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-woodson/)

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> [“These are the women my father warned me about. The drug-and-asshole-addled women who sit in the dark, hard up and lovesick, chainsmoking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/these-are-the-women-my-father-warned-me-about-the-drug-and-asshole/)

[Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-beatty/)

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> [Nina Simone was a gifted and prolific singer, songwriter and pianist who became a powerful presence in the civil rights movement and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-martin/nina-simone-was-a-gifted-and-prolific-singer-songwriter-and-pianist/)

[Michel Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-martin/)

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> [You know, and the fact that Nina Simone had to start playing in clubs and sing because her parents had moved north…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-garbus/you-know-and-the-fact-that-nina-simone-had-to-start-playing-in-clubs/)

[Liz Garbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-garbus/)

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> [I think the important thing to understand first and foremost about Michael Jackson is that he was the international emblem of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornel-west/i-think-the-important-thing-to-understand-first-and-foremost-about/)

[Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornel-west/)

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> [When I was young, I never bought records because my brother Joseph played saxophone and had a record player. I loved listening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-makeba/when-i-was-young-i-never-bought-records-because-my-brother-joseph/)

[Miriam Makeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-makeba/)

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> [“Snarling an oath from an Icelandic saga, I reclaimed my place at the head of the queue. "Oy!" yelled a punk rocker,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/snarling-an-oath-from-an-icelandic-saga-i-reclaimed-my-place-at-the/)

[David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/)

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> [“There's a recording of Nina Simone's "Ain't Got No", where Simone, after listing all the things she doesn't have - a home,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/durga-chew-bose/there-s-a-recording-of-nina-simone-s-ain-t-got-no-where-simone-after/)

[Durga Chew-Bose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/durga-chew-bose/)

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> [I definitely grew up to Nina Simone and a lot of Ella Fitzgerald. And I loved Amy Winehouse. I loved that sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gugu-mbatha-raw/i-definitely-grew-up-to-nina-simone-and-a-lot-of-ella-fitzgerald-and/)

[Gugu Mbatha-Raw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gugu-mbatha-raw/)

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> [One day, I'd like to tackle a biopic. I grew up very influenced by Josephine Baker, Billie Holiday, and Nina Simone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zazie-beetz/one-day-i-d-like-to-tackle-a-biopic-i-grew-up-very-influenced-by/)

[Zazie Beetz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zazie-beetz/)

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> [We just didn't put any pressure on each other, and I think that everybody needs somebody, and I didn't do it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-giovanni/we-just-didn-t-put-any-pressure-on-each-other-and-i-think-that/)

[Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-giovanni/)

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> [There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But the music that made music the number…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/there-are-singers-that-i-have-enjoyed-from-nina-simone-and-ray/)

[Robert Wyatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wyatt/)

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> [I write to music, and Nina Simone is always on my playlist to write to. I mean, shes inspiring. She's truthful and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gina-prince-bythewood/i-write-to-music-and-nina-simone-is-always-on-my-playlist-to-write-to/)

[Gina Prince-Bythewood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gina-prince-bythewood/)

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> [I listen to Radio 4 and put the iPod on shuffle. I like the randomness of, say, the Stones, then something from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-mccormack/i-listen-to-radio-4-and-put-the-ipod-on-shuffle-i-like-the-randomness/)

[Catherine McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-mccormack/)

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> [I try to not listen to all the girls I admire musically - like Nina Simone - just so I don't find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/i-try-to-not-listen-to-all-the-girls-i-admire-musically-like-nina/)

[Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/)

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> [I've always sung. I was really into musical theater when I was growing up. As a kid, I listened to Ella Fitzgerald…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gugu-mbatha-raw/i-ve-always-sung-i-was-really-into-musical-theater-when-i-was-growing/)

[Gugu Mbatha-Raw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gugu-mbatha-raw/)

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> [We always get back to old soul singers like Nina Simone, and how her recordings sound. Also new music like Tobacco, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-gonzalez/we-always-get-back-to-old-soul-singers-like-nina-simone-and-how-her/)

[Jose Gonzalez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-gonzalez/)

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> [ I think that too many strangers were in her \[Nina Simone's\] life, and not enough people that she knew and loved. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-giovanni/i-think-that-too-many-strangers-were-in-her-nina-simone-s-life-and/)

[Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-giovanni/)

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> [I was responding to one thing for the woman I knew, and there's another thing for what did she give, right. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-giovanni/i-was-responding-to-one-thing-for-the-woman-i-knew-and-there-s/)

[Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-giovanni/)

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> [I love Muddy Waters and Nina Simone. I also watched 'The Blues Brothers' movie over and over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hozier/i-love-muddy-waters-and-nina-simone-i-also-watched-the-blues-brothers/)

[Hozier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hozier/)

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                        "text": "“Snarling an oath from an Icelandic saga, I reclaimed my place at the head of the queue. \"Oy!\" yelled a punk rocker, with studs in his cranium. \"There's a fackin' queue!\" Never apologize, advises Lloyd George. Say it again, only this time, ruder. \"I know there's a 'fackin' queue'! I already queued in it once and I am not going to queue in it again just because Nina Simone over there won't sell me a ruddy ticket!\" A colored yeti in a clip-on uniform swooped. \"Wassa bovver?\" \"This old man here reckons his colostomy bag entitles him to jump the queue,\" said the skinhead, \" and make racist slurs about the lady of Afro-Caribbean extraction in the advance-travel window.\" I couldn't believe I was hearing this.”",
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