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Nina Zilli: “I decided to sing in English, I like people to understand what I`m saying”
Baku, May 20 (AZERTAC). Nina has lived overseas in the past and told the press a little more saying "My parents sent me to Ireland to learn English. The first movie I saw was The Commitments, I didn`t really understand it but I paid a lot of attention to the music. When I graduated when I was 18, I went to Chicago, so there`s a lot of music influences there."
When asked about why Italy changed the song from the one performed in the San Remo Festival, Nina explained "In San Remo I went with Per Sempre, I listen to the team that I work with, they know all of the songs. Here I decided to come with the title track of my new album, it`s more representative of my new album. It wasn`t an easy decision because I love them both, but I felt that this song was better for Baku!".
Part of L`Amore È Femmina (Out Of Love) is in English, Nina was asked why she did not sing completely in Italian. She adds "I decided to sing in English, I like people to understand what I`m saying. If I sing totally in Italian, a lot of people wouldn`t be able to keep up with the lyrics, and that`s important for me that they can."
Comparing the main Italian music festival San Remo with her experiences here in Baku, Nina said "Time is going very fast in San Remo as it`s over just one week, at Eurovision it`s more relaxed as we are here for longer. When I sing, I always have fun, I try not to think about the fact I`m in a competition. I like to be relaxed."
When Italian broadcaster RAI asked Nina to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest, she didn`t take too much time to accept the invitation saying "It took me about 10 seconds to decide to agree to Eurovision. I love to sing, I have fun when I`m singing. I sometimes have a butterfly moment before going on stage, but then as soon as I`m on the stage I`m totally relaxed."
Nina spoke also of her idol in the music business, saying "I took the stage name Nina after Nina Simone, I love her so much, she`s an example for females all over the world. I love all of her songs. I close my concerts in Italy with a Nina Simone song."