Nina Simone

"Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking. . . . the new inventive phrases we make up to describe things - all that to me is jazz just as much as the music we play."

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Source: Nina Simone's Daughter Says This Film Gets Her Mom's Story Straight. Interview with Michel Martin, gpbnews.org. February 14, 2016.

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Nina Simone

Nina Simone

Singer, Songwriter, Pianist

Nina Simone was a renowned singer-songwriter and civil rights activist known for her powerful music that addressed themes of racism and freedom.

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