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Nina Simone,
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Nina Simone was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music. Simone aspired to become a classical pianist while working in a broad range of styles including classical, jazz, blues, soul, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop.

Here she explains what she considers to be the “definition of an artist”.

Nina Simone explains what she considers to be the “definition of an artist”.

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    You want your art to live on long after you? Nina Simone: Oh, yes. Interviewer: And your music says this. And it speaks...
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    Required listening
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    Nina Simone explains what she considers to be the “definition of an artist”.
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    “My music is addressed to my people especially, to make them more curious about where they came from and their own...
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    “How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?” ~ Nina Simone
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