milkandheavysugar:“When she performs in a nightclub or concert hall, her back forms a soft, open let
milkandheavysugar:“When she performs in a nightclub or concert hall, her back forms a soft, open letter G; then the same long arms which now move in slow motion in the afternoon shadows, seem to plunge beneath the wood and ivory of the piano to reach and manipulate the raw nerve ends of the audience. The response is instant and automatic. Nina Simone plays and her listeners are hypnotized, whether they are 20,000 at Randalls Island or 500 at New York City’s Village Gate. After a Simone, tone-setting introduction she tilts her face to the microphone, and the very atmosphere is jarred by the husky, dusky voice.” - Maya Angelou on Nina Simone -- source link
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