<sod>Simone was known for her temper and frequent outbursts. In 1985, she fired a gun at a record company executive, whom she accused of stealing [[Royalty payment|royalties]]. Simone said she "tried to kill him" but "missed".<ref>{{cite news|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/302438.stm|title= BBC Hard Talk: Putting Music First|accessdate=December 7, 2006|last=Sebastian|first=Tim|date=March 25, 1999|work=BBC News}}</ref> In 1995, she shot and wounded her neighbor's son with an [[air gun]] after the boy's laughter disturbed her concentration.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2965225.stm|title=BBC Obituary: Nina Simone|accessdate=December 7, 2006 |date= April 21, 2003|work=BBC News}}</ref> According to a biographer, Simone took medication for a condition from the mid-1960s on.<ref name="Hampton 9–13">{{Harvnb|Ref=none|Hampton|2004|pp=9–13}}</ref> All this was only known to a small group of intimates, and kept out of public view for many years, until the biography ''Break Down and Let It All Out'' written by Sylvia Hampton and [[David Nathan (music writer)|David Nathan]] revealed this in 2004, after her death.  Singer-songwriter [[Janis Ian]], a one-time friend of Simone's, related in her own autobiography, ''Society's Child: My Autobiography'', two incidents to illustrate Simone's volatility: One incident in which she forced a shoe store cashier, at gunpoint, to take back a pair of sandals she'd already worn; and another in which Simone demanded a royalty payment from Ian herself as an exchange for having recorded one of Ian's songs, and then ripped a [[Payphone|pay telephone]] out of its wall when she was refused.<ref>Ian, Janis. ''Society's Child: My Autobiography.'' Penguin Group, 2008. pp. 246-247.</ref><eod>
<sod>Simone was known for her temper and frequent outbursts. In 1985, she fired a gun at a record company executive, whom she accused of stealing [[Royalty payment|royalties]]. Simone said she "tried to kill him" but "missed".<ref>{{cite news|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/302438.stm|title= BBC Hard Talk: Putting Music First|accessdate=December 7, 2006|last=Sebastian|first=Tim|date=March 25, 1999|work=BBC News}}</ref> In 1995, she shot and wounded her neighbor's son with an [[air gun]] after the boy's laughter disturbed her concentration.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2965225.stm|title=BBC Obituary: Nina Simone|accessdate=December 7, 2006 |date= April 21, 2003|work=BBC News}}</ref> According to a biographer, Simone took medication for a condition from the mid-1960s on.<ref name="fuckyou who ever reading this<eod>