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 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
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 prefer her [Nina Simone's] jazz period much more so than her folk period. — 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… — 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 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 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 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 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 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
It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share
I am ever fascinated by the human experience and by, actually, human beings. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share
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
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share
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
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
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
[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
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
Life is a process where people mix and match, fall apart and come back together. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share
The trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans. I say, the trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share
![“I was responding to one thing for the woman I knew, and there's another thing for what did she give, right. She [Nina Simone] was a great teacher.” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6d/nikki-giovanni-1757_giving_i-was-responding-to-one-thing-for-the-wo_1787277.png)
![“I think that too many strangers were in her [Nina Simone's] life, and not enough people that she knew and loved.” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/363/nikki-giovanni-1757_enough_i-think-that-too-many-strangers-were-in_2169841.png)
![“I prefer her [Nina Simone's] jazz period much more so than her folk period.” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5b/nikki-giovanni-1757_folks_i-prefer-her-nina-simone-s-jazz-period-m_2830726.png)
![“I just think she was a wonderful woman. What I think of when I think of Nina [Simone] is someone that I could relate to, who didn't want anything from me, that could relate to me because I didn't want anything from her. It was nice.” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d5/nikki-giovanni-1757_holiday_i-just-think-she-was-a-wonderful-woman-w_31454.png)
![“I wish that she had had a black loon because I don't think that Nina [Simone] did. I have always had - I've been very fortunate - a group of little old ladies that I love and who love me, and who turned and to whom I turn at different times.” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5c/nikki-giovanni-1757_black_i-wish-that-she-had-had-a-black-loon-bec_726965.png)
![“We just didn't put any pressure on each other, and I think that everybody needs somebody, and I didn't do it to try to do it; it's what we [with Nina Simone] were to each other.” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4d/nikki-giovanni-1757_needs_we-just-didn-t-put-any-pressure-on-each_773497.png)
![“I am of the generation of segregation. Black Lives Matter is post. I said today, and I will say all the time, "If Nina [Simone] were here, she'd have her Black Lives Matter [T-shirt] on." I think they're great kids. They don't need me or anybody else to tell them what to do.” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/nikki-giovanni-1757_black_i-am-of-the-generation-of-segregation-bl_3088547.jpg)
![“I used to go up to her house. She lived upstate [in New York] and I lived in Manhattan; you're living in a lot of noise and my career was being built. For me to spend time with Nina [Simone] is to spend a lot of quiet time.” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/950/nikki-giovanni-1757_built_i-used-to-go-up-to-her-house-she-lived-u_2078179.jpg)
![“I think it's the strength of her music, using art to make a statement. I think it really is. It was not a cheap gift. The gift was an expensive gift for Nina [Simone]. Diamonds are expensive. Her music was expensive. She paid for it, but I think it's her greatest gift.” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ce/nikki-giovanni-1757_art_i-think-it-s-the-strength-of-her-music-u_2650526.png)
![“I knew Stokely [Carmichael] and them, but when you got to that, you saw that Nina Simone started to take up their burden. She started to preach for them. She was taking on the burden of "I want to tell the people."” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d59/nikki-giovanni-1757_burden_i-knew-stokely-carmichael-and-them-but-w_1220940.jpg)