Old Hollywood
Cinema
1900-1979
Nostalgia is a seductive liar - George Wildman Ball

Nina Simone - Don’t Smoke in Bed

Nina Simone - Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (Verve Remixed Vol. 2)

Nina Simone - Plain Gold Ring

Nina Simone - The Black Swan (live)

Nina Simone performing at the Pan-African Festival in Algiers (1969). Photo by Guy Le Querrec. “Did you know that the human voice is the only pure instrument? That it has notes no other instrument has? It’s like being between the keys of a piano. The notes are there, you can sing them, but they can’t be found on any instrument. That’s like me. I live in between this. I live in both worlds, the black and white world. I am Nina Simone, the star, and I am not here. I’m a woman. My secret self is between these worlds.”  (via)

Nina Simone performing at the Pan-African Festival in Algiers (1969). Photo by Guy Le Querrec.

“Did you know that the human voice is the only pure instrument? That it has notes no other instrument has? It’s like being between the keys of a piano. The notes are there, you can sing them, but they can’t be found on any instrument. That’s like me. I live in between this. I live in both worlds, the black and white world. I am Nina Simone, the star, and I am not here. I’m a woman. My secret self is between these worlds.” 

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