The WOW Report

  • WOW Report
  • About
  • RuPaul’s Drag Race Live!
  • WOW Presents Plus
  • What to Watch
  • Store
You are here: Home / Culture / #QueerQuote: “You’ve Got to Learn to Leave the Table When Love’s No Longer Being Served”. – Nina Simone

#QueerQuote: “You’ve Got to Learn to Leave the Table When Love’s No Longer Being Served”. – Nina Simone

By Stephen Rutledge on February 21, 2021 8:08 am

Photo from What Happened, Miss Simone? via YouTube

Nina Simone (1933-2003) sang a mix of Soul, Jazz, Blues and Folk in the 1950s and 1960s, and although she never went away, recording and giving concerts for decades, she had a resurgence of popularity in the 1980s when she was embraced by LGBTQ music lovers.

An uncompromising staunch Civil Rights activist, she was known for tunes like Mississippi Goddam, Young, Gifted And Black, and Four Women.

Simone:

“To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that’s not what I play. I play black classical music.”

She was one of the most extraordinary artists of the 20th century; a consummate musical storyteller who used her remarkable talent to create a legacy of liberation, empowerment, passion, and love through a magnificent body of works.

When Simone died in 2003, she left a timeless treasure trove of recordings spanning over four decades starting with her first hit in 1959 I Loves You Porgy.

In a 1968 interview, Simone said:

“I will tell you what freedom is to me: no fear. I mean really, no fear! “

The interview appears early in the remarkable documentary, What Happened, Miss Simone? (2016) by Liz Garbus, and it is a startling moment, because if Simone conveyed anything on stage, it was fearlessness.

Her repertoire was standard supper club fare: George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Jacques Brel, Kurt Weill, Bob Dylan; yet whatever she sang ended up sounding like a Nina Simone tune. She did not just interpret songs, she owned them.

Simone attracted a large gay following. She was bisexual and hung out at a lesbian bar in New York City called Trude Heller’s.

By the end of her life, Simone was world famous and adored. Her last album, A Single Woman, was recorded in 1993, but still, Simone sold over two million albums in the last decade of her life.

Show the love:

  • Tweet
  • Share on Tumblr

Filed Under: Culture, Entertainment, Fashion, LBGTQ, Movies, Music

More

Schiaperrelli! Madonna! Tom Hanks! Kylies Minogue & Jenner! The WOW Report for Radio Andy

Schiaperrelli! Madonna! Tom Hanks! Kylies Minogue & Jenner! The WOW Report for Radio Andy

by Blake Jacobs on January 27, 2023 11:00 am

Check Out ‘Tiffany Heather Samantha’s Big Belty Broadway Show’ in NYC

Check Out ‘Tiffany Heather Samantha’s Big Belty Broadway Show’ in NYC

by Paisley Dalton on January 24, 2023 10:12 am

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Trending


Meet the Queens of ‘Drag Race Belgique’ 

#FirstLook: Campy Horror Comedy ‘We Have a Ghost’ Feat. Jennifer Coolidge & Tig Notaro –Watch

Nicky Doll, Kiddy Smile & Daphné Bürki Return for ‘Drag Race France’ Season 2

Gael García Bernal Locks Lips with Bad Bunny as Gay Mexican Wrestling Star ‘Cassandro’

#TheQueerties: Bianca Hosts as Willow Pill, Alaska, Raja, Eureka & More Compete for “Drag Royalty” –Vote Here!

About

From the creators of The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Party Monster, Million Dollar Listing, RuPaul's Drag Race, I Am Britney Jean, Big Freedia, and more.

Madonna! Joanna Lumley! Edgar Allan Poe! Jennifers Lopez AND Coolidge! The WOW Report for Radio Andy!
Prince Harry! Jennifer Coolidge! M3GAN! Jordan Peele! Randy Joins Us for the WOW Report for Radio Andy!
Rest in Perfection Barbara Walters and Anita Pointer! The WOW Report for Radio Andy!
ONJ! QE2! Leslie Jordan! Our In Memoriam Episode for 2002 on The WOW Report for Radio Andy
The Top Ten Holiday Songs That Make Us Go WOW! Bruce Vilanch Joins Us for The WOW Report on Radio Andy!

© 2021 World of Wonder Productions, Inc | World of Wonder is a trademark of World of Wonder Productions, Inc | Privacy

Copyright © 2023 · News Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in