Expression Quote by Nina Simone

“My singing, if you want to call it that is merely another medium of expression. Just an instrument I play. That's how I see my voice.”

Nina Simone

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I can't stand loud guitars that make me deaf.

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I don't like to go to strange places. I was in Italy for about five hours on my way to Africa.

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I wasn't a jazz player, but a classical musician, and I improvised arrangements of popular songs using classical motifs.

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Everything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was part of everyday life, as automatic as breathing.

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You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.

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That's a very high goal to have, study eight hours a day to be a concert pianist.

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