从Civil Rights Movement开始，她就变得非常政治化。自己的歌都描写政治，演唱会上讲话非常激进，平日活跃在activists，诗人，艺术家中。
音乐是她的命根 “Everything has to be sacrificed for my music” 但她依然忍不住为政治发声。”I don’t think you have a choice. How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?”
她到后来太过于政治化以至于经纪人帮她book各种活动已经很难了。她也叹息，羡慕别的当红歌手能上好的show和电视。但她又是那么清醒，知道自己牺牲了popularity是为了做正确的事情。但这真的太难了，意识到这是正确又必要的事情也不会减少一点点难受。"I think that the artist who don't get involved in preaching messages is probably happier but you see, I have to live with Nina. And that is very difficult.“ 一切都是注定好的。从那时候，她在镇上演奏钢琴，黑人只能坐在房间的最后，她停下来说让他们坐前面，要不然我就不演奏。从那时候，她申请Curtis音乐学院被拒绝，过了半年才明白只是因为她是黑人。
