• I think that too many strangers were in her [Nina Simone's] life, and not enough people that she knew and loved.

    Nikki Giovanni: I think that too many strangers were in her [Nina Simone's] life, and not enough people that she knew and loved.
    "Nikki Giovanni on Her Friend Nina Simone: If She Were Here, She'd Be Wearing a 'Black Lives Matter' T-Shirt". Interview with Lottie L. Joiner, www.theroot.com. July 20, 2016.