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Michel Martin

"Nina Simone was a gifted and prolific singer, songwriter and pianist who became a powerful presence in the civil rights movement and paid a professional price for it. Behind the scenes, she struggled in a fractious, sometimes violent relationship with her husband and manager and with mental health issues that strained other relationships, including with her only daughter."

Source : "Nina Simone's Daughter Says This Film Gets Her Mom's Story Straight". "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. February 14, 2016.

Michel Martin

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“It's an extreme to go from an artist like myself to a commercial artist with art directors looking over your shoulder, or any other knucklehead telling you what your art should look like.”

Source : Interview with John O’Connor, www.believermag.com. December 2004.
“I couldn't help shaking my head as I looked at him. Ian slept like a baby every morning - well, a baby who continually kept one hand down his pants.”
“Being sincere, dedicated and honest is the key. People of integrity triumph in the end.”
“No employer is going to hire robustly until they know what the health care cost is going to be.”
“Never check your religion at the door. Not ever.”
“We can set our deeds to the music of a grateful heart, and seek to round our lives into a hymn â€” the melody of which will be recognized by all who come in contact with us, and the power of which shall not be evanescent, like the voice of the singer, but perennial, like the music of the spheres.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". P. 290. Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.
“It's a tough world out there, and women can't afford to be weenies.”
“The truth is God created us to have relationship with us. He wants to love us and take care of us, and He wants us to love Him. That's where our walk with Christ has to start.”

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