--- title: "1 Scuba Dive Quotes By Nina Simone" description: "1 Scuba Dive quotes by Nina Simone. Plus more from Nina Simone and more Scuba Dive sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41c/nina-simone-3396_damn_i-try-to-swim-every-damn-day-i-can-and-i_403211.png" --- > [I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-simone/i-try-to-swim-every-damn-day-i-can-and-i-ve-learned-to-scuba-dive-and/) [Nina Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-simone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41c/nina-simone-3396_damn_i-try-to-swim-every-damn-day-i-can-and-i_403211.png) ## More by Nina Simone > [Music is one of the ways by which you can know everything which is going on in the world. You can feel... through music...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-simone/music-is-one-of-the-ways-by-which-you-can-know-everything-which-is/) [Nina Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-simone/) > [My love is like the wind and wild is the wind. Give me more than one caress, satisfy my hungriness. Let the wind blow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-simone/my-love-is-like-the-wind-and-wild-is-the-wind-give-me-more-than-one/) [Nina Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-simone/) > [I can't stand loud guitars that make me deaf.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-simone/i-can-t-stand-loud-guitars-that-make-me-deaf/) [Nina Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-simone/) > [I don't like to go to strange places. I was in Italy for about five hours on my way to Africa.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-simone/i-don-t-like-to-go-to-strange-places-i-was-in-italy-for-about-five/) [Nina Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-simone/) > [We have ordered things so long in a certain way, we are numb. Nobody dares question it. This is what is wrong, symbolically, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-simone/we-have-ordered-things-so-long-in-a-certain-way-we-are-numb-nobody/) [Nina Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-simone/) > [I wasn't a jazz player, but a classical musician, and I improvised arrangements of popular songs using classical motifs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-simone/i-wasn-t-a-jazz-player-but-a-classical-musician-and-i-improvised/) [Nina Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-simone/) > [I think the rich will eventually have to cave in too, because the economic situation around the world is not gonna tolerate the United…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-simone/i-think-the-rich-will-eventually-have-to-cave-in-too-because-the/) [Nina Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-simone/) > [There's no excuse for the young...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-simone/there-s-no-excuse-for-the-young/) [Nina Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-simone/) > [Everything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was part of everyday life, as automatic as breathing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-simone/everything-that-happened-to-me-as-a-child-involved-music-it-was-part/) [Nina Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-simone/) > [When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it. People have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-simone/when-i-was-studying-there-weren-t-any-black-concert-pianists-my/) [Nina Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-simone/) > [You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-simone/you-have-to-learn-to-get-up-from-the-table-when-love-is-not-being/) [Nina Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-simone/) > [That's a very high goal to have, study eight hours a day to be a concert pianist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-simone/that-s-a-very-high-goal-to-have-study-eight-hours-a-day-to-be-a/) [Nina Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-simone/) > [Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," a song that was written for Simone, she confronted the band's lead singer, Eric Burdon. "So you're the honky,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-simone/don-t-let-me-be-misunderstood-a-song-that-was-written-for-simone-she/) [Nina Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-simone/) > [This is the world you have made yourself, now you have to live in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-simone/this-is-the-world-you-have-made-yourself-now-you-have-to-live-in-it/) [Nina Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-simone/) > [I'll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear. I mean really, no fear!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-simone/i-ll-tell-you-what-freedom-is-to-me-no-fear-i-mean-really-no-fear/) [Nina Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-simone/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/scuba-dive/nina-simone/#itemlist", "name": "1 Scuba Dive Quotes By Nina Simone", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nina Simone" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-simone/i-try-to-swim-every-damn-day-i-can-and-i-ve-learned-to-scuba-dive-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41c/nina-simone-3396_damn_i-try-to-swim-every-damn-day-i-can-and-i_403211.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41c/nina-simone-3396_damn_i-try-to-swim-every-damn-day-i-can-and-i_403211.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41c/nina-simone-3396_damn_i-try-to-swim-every-damn-day-i-can-and-i_403211.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel.” — Nina Simone", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/scuba-dive/nina-simone/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/scuba-dive/nina-simone/", "name": "Scuba Dive Quotes by Nina Simone", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/scuba-dive/nina-simone/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41c/nina-simone-3396_damn_i-try-to-swim-every-damn-day-i-can-and-i_403211.png" }, "description": "1 Scuba Dive quotes by Nina Simone. 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