I demand perfection in what I do, and I practice very hard before I give a concert-sometimes three to six hours a day.
Nina SimoneI believe the time will come when the whole definition of pop music will change. It will get to the point where a song will not be a good song until it has a high level of creativity in writing and performance. In other words, in order to be popular, songs will have to meet these high standards.
Nina SimoneBy the time I was eight I was taking classical piano lessons and I wanted to be a concert pianist. But that didn't work out. I graduated from high school and my formal education ended.
Nina Simone