Music is one of the only inanimate things we have left. It can still be mystical, magical and awe-inspiring
Nelly FurtadoI'm not into branding - I'm trying to be organic to who I am on every level. I do really connect to being a part of the working class. Those are my roots. My family [consists of] farmers from Portugal, builders, housekeepers and stonemasons.
Nelly FurtadoI think when you mature, you realize that you really don't have to do anything you don't want to do or be represented in a way that doesn't suit you.
Nelly FurtadoI'd love to try and teach Donald Trump how to write a song. I'd love to put him in a room with another person - someone who's protesting him at the Women's March. I'd put the three of us in a room and all write a song together. If that can happen, it proves we can get over our differences.
Nelly Furtado