“Well, I've been in the city for 30 years and I've never once regretted being a nasty, greedy, cold-hearted, avaricious money-grubber... er, Conservative!” - Monty Python's Flying Circus, Season 2, Episode 11, How Not To Be Seen
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
Nina Simone Part II
I described Nina Simone as a jazz singer last night, forgetting momentarily that she always hated being called a jazz singer. Having been classically trained, and singing a wide variety of songs, including folk standards, she felt being labelled a jazz singer sort of put her in her own little ghetto, and didn't acknowledge that she could compete with any vocalist.
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