Gateways Music Festival - Nina Simone 1993-2003 Classically-trained pianist, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, arranger, and civil rights activist who was awarded an honorary degree by the Curtis Institute of Music in 2003. Born Eunice
![i.aiestaran on Twitter: ""It's not jazz, it's black classical music" - Nina Simone (...dedicat a @AnnaGaius...) https://t.co/Nwfx1kRXvS" / Twitter i.aiestaran on Twitter: ""It's not jazz, it's black classical music" - Nina Simone (...dedicat a @AnnaGaius...) https://t.co/Nwfx1kRXvS" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cr3R7_OXYAE9VRV.jpg)
i.aiestaran on Twitter: ""It's not jazz, it's black classical music" - Nina Simone (...dedicat a @AnnaGaius...) https://t.co/Nwfx1kRXvS" / Twitter
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![Nina Simone Quote: I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important. Nina Simone Quote: I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/white-i-had-spent-many-years-pursuing-excellen.jpg)
Nina Simone Quote: I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.
![Ed Lorenz on Twitter: "#QuoteOftheDay: “Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.” Nina Simone. https://t.co/emIVexiGMh" / Twitter Ed Lorenz on Twitter: "#QuoteOftheDay: “Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.” Nina Simone. https://t.co/emIVexiGMh" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgWMV78UkAAYJvv.jpg)
Ed Lorenz on Twitter: "#QuoteOftheDay: “Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.” Nina Simone. https://t.co/emIVexiGMh" / Twitter
![How Nina Simone reinvented herself after a rejection from classical music conservatory | American Masters | PBS How Nina Simone reinvented herself after a rejection from classical music conservatory | American Masters | PBS](https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/files/2021/01/HIFTBF_3204966_N.Simone_incontext_promo_AvaTews-scaled.jpg)