Top 129 Quotes & Sayings by Nina Simone - Page 3

I can't stand loud guitars that make me deaf.

By the time I was eight I was taking classical piano lessons and I wanted to be a concert pianist. But that didn't work out. I graduated from high school and my formal education ended.

I can read and arrange, but I can't write.

I'm a nut for Bach as a composer.

I believe the time will come when the whole definition of pop music will change. It will get to the point where a song will not be a good song until it has a high level of creativity in writing and performance. In other words, in order to be popular, songs will have to meet these high standards.

I love to travel to hear different kinds of music.

I was reared in the church from the age of three. I've played piano since I was three. I performed at revivals and for my people around North Carolina for several years. People around town collected money to send me to school.

I don't like to go to strange places.

When I choose material for an album all these songs I grew up with pour into my head.