Black Classical Quotes
- Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music. — Nina Simone
- To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music. — 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 heard… — Nina Simone