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 FurtadoI don't really believe in good and evil. I never had. I think it's enabled me to open my mind.
Nelly FurtadoBecause of my Portuguese heritage, I have an interest in all of the instrumentation that comes from Portugal and Brazil as well.
Nelly FurtadoAny time you turn off and let someone else make any artistic decision for you, you make a mistake.
Nelly Furtado