It was summertime and I was in The Azores, hanging around the small village my parents are from. I was looking out on this very rural setting, on a road going up a hill. There was an old man coming down the hill with a pitchfork on his shoulder. He was wearing gum boots, work pants - and a Coca-Cola T-shirt. I saw that and thought, That's my album!
Nelly FurtadoAny time you turn off and let someone else make any artistic decision for you, you make a mistake.
Nelly FurtadoI am impressed when music matters, when genres are broken, when spirits are lifted, when people make a difference, and when people are true to themselves.
Nelly FurtadoWe can't automatically think about young women in makeup negatively. Sometimes a woman engages in these new forces and energies of beauty coming into her world. They can become tools. She's trying to express her femininity outwardly. I'm still learning too.
Nelly Furtado