Nina Simone
American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. The High Priestess of Soul. Composer of Mississippi Goddam, Four Women, Young, Gifted and Black.
Nina Simone
Ask Nina Simone about jazz, the piano, and the songs of the civil rights movement. Sit at the keys with the High Priestess of Soul and her unbending voice.
American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. The High Priestess of Soul. Composer of Mississippi Goddam, Four Women, Young, Gifted and Black.
- Born
- 1933
- Died
- 2003
- Birthplace
- Tryon, North Carolina
- Nationality
- United States
What Nina Simone can help you think about
Nina Simone is a fitting guide when your questions touch musicians & composers and activists & reformers. Bring whatever you're untangling — a decision you're weighing, a doubt you're sitting with, a problem that won't loosen — and let the conversation move from there.
The answers draw on the shape of Nina Simone's thinking across work like I Put a Spell on You, Mississippi Goddam, and Feeling Good — translated into a voice you can actually talk back to.
Ask plainly. Push back. Follow a thread until it goes somewhere. This isn't a lookup — it's a conversation with a mentor who's already done the thinking you're about to do.
- Musicians & Composers
- Activists & Reformers