A Quote by Michel Martin

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

Michel Martin

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Michel Martin
American - Journalist

I did a little film called 'Nina,' a small role. I played a French girl who was a nurse to Nina Simone. Zoe Saldana plays Nina.

Alaina Huffman

I did a little film called Nina, a small role. I played a French girl who was a nurse to Nina Simone. Zoe Saldana plays Nina.

Alaina Huffman

My biggest role models are not chefs, but women like Coco Chanel, Simone de Beauvoir, Nina Simone.

Dominique Crenn

I listen to Radio 4 and put the iPod on shuffle. I like the randomness of, say, the Stones, then something from Nina Simone, Nick Drake or Bob Dylan.

Catherine McCormack

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

Nikki Giovanni

My heroes: Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Nina Simone.

Benjamin Clementine

I am of the generation of segregation. Black Lives Matter is post. I said today, and I will say all the time, "If Nina [Simone] were here, she'd have her Black Lives Matter [T-shirt] on." I think they're great kids. They don't need me or anybody else to tell them what to do.

Nikki Giovanni

I love everything from The Rolling Stones to Run-DMC to Nina Simone.

Hannah Bronfman

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

Salim Akil

So while you're imitating Al Capone, I'll be Nina Simone And defecating on your microphone.

Lauryn Hill

I think comparisons are very on the surface. If I sing, like, 'Park Bench People,' and there's kind of a social undertone, people will say I sound like Gil Scott-Heron. But for me, the more insightful comparison would be a Roberta Flack or Nina Simone - people who really mix different genres of music.

Jose James

I think it all started with Nina Simone. When I was maybe seven or eight, I used to listen to one of her albums every night before I went to sleep. For me, her voice was everything.

Hozier

I'm very eclectic in my music tastes - anything from Nina Simone to Beethoven to Talvin Singh.

Monica Ali

We just didn't put any pressure on each other, and I think that everybody needs somebody, and I didn't do it to try to do it; it's what we [with Nina Simone] were to each other.

Nikki Giovanni

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