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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

I think Nina Simone has had an amazing journey. She was spicy and she had attitude and she didn't care, she wanted her money…

— Nia Long

Nina Simone is a musical genius and a rich and precious treasure who paid a heavy price for her artistic freedom.

— Dianne Reeves

I write to music, and Nina Simone is always on my playlist to write to. I mean, shes inspiring. She's truthful and real and…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

I definitely grew up to Nina Simone and a lot of Ella Fitzgerald. And I loved Amy Winehouse. I loved that sort of soulful…

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Nina Simone was a gifted and prolific singer, songwriter and pianist who became a powerful presence in the civil rights movement and paid a…

— Michel Martin

I think that too many strangers were in her [Nina Simone's] life, and not enough people that she knew and loved.

— Nikki Giovanni

I think it's fair to say that Nina Simone was a prodigy.

— Michel Martin

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…

— Nikki Giovanni

Nina Simone was an entertainer. Bob Dylan was an entertainer. Anyone that can occupy a piece of music and make the air catch on…

— Michael Gira

Nina Simone sacrificed so much to be as bold as she was about being black and about being female in an era where that…

— India Arie

The artist who gave me the most inspiration and direction, especially as a singer - and I absolutely consider myself a singer, 100 percent…

— Rufus Wainwright