Black Quote by Nikki Giovanni

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 loved her music and the fact that she was a classically trained pianist and that her voice was so unique, but what made…

— India Arie

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

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

Now that I think of it, she looked splendid. I wish I had met her somewhere else. I wish I had appreciated her as…

— Alice Munro

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

— Nikki Giovanni

Nina Simone, to me, singing about black culture - she's unparalleled.

— Salim Akil

“It is always a shock to meet again someone whom you have not seen for a long time but who has been very much…

— Agatha Christie

The best thing about it is that she [Sophia Loren] is the most normal person, and I have the utmost admiration and love for…

— Sasha Alexander

I have lov'd her ever since I saw her; and still I see her beautiful

— William Shakespeare

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

— Michel Martin