``When Simone opens her arms on the stage no one is more powerful on M — Simone

"``I only met Simone last year and it was like meeting Sarah Vaughan or Dinah Washington. She has a very strong identity, she sings with a lot of passion and grace.´´"

"``The roses are a form of gratitude, it is my memory to the public. And the white clothes already comes from a long time. The white is the unification of all the colors and it symbolizes my spiritual master, that accompanies me always."

"Simone is one of the best singers in the world"

"I think an interpreter has to sing everything, to sing what wants to sing. It cannot be with that foolishness, that here in Brazil we face this thing that when one records a song, later no one can rerecord it. This is madness, absurd. Music doesnt have an owner, the music doesn´t belong to anyone."

"The only person who could make me stop singing is the one who made me sing: God, the beauty up there!"

"Music for me is like a balsam. I always whish that when people are watching me or listening to me, they take with them this energy I receive from God."