"I don’t like rap music at all. I don’t think it’s music. It’s just a beat and rapping." ― Nina Simone Topic(s): History More From Nina Simone "The worst thing about that kind of prejudice… is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds you self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough." "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." "Once I understood Bach’s music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher who introduced me to his world." More In History "Technology is like water; it wants to find its level. So if you hook up your computer to a billion other computers, it just makes sense that a tremendous share of the resources you want to use – not only text or media but processing power too – will be located remotely."― Marc Andreessen "It was actually drumming that gave me the stamina to get into sports later."― Neil Peart "But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You’re looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues."― George H. W. Bush