There’s a Netflix Documentary “Nina Simone, What Happened”.
The very first scene at about 4 minutes in she is asked “What’s freedom mean?”.
She stabs at it by saying “It’s just a feeling. It’s like how do you tell somebody how it feels to be in love? You can not do it to save your life but you know it when it happens. I’ve had a couple times on stage when I really felt free.” Then she seems to suddenly come come upon what she truly believes and with a sudden look of determination says:
“I’ll tell you what freedom is to me. No fear. I mean really, no fear If I could have that half of my life. No fear.”
Land of the free, and the home of the brave.