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… — Nelly Furtado Copy Share Image
It's just kind of empowering when you become a mother. You just get overwhelmed with this new confidence and you feel really in control of your life. It's been beautiful. — Nelly Furtado Copy Share Image
I'm always concerned about marketing or commercial philosophies. I can't feel good about having my name on a bottle of perfume that comes from a factory making perfume with all the same ingredients as every other perfume. I can't feel good about a factory overseas polluting the air for something with my name on it. I'm okay with music -… — Nelly Furtado Copy Share
I have a photograph of my grandfather driving a donkey cart barefoot. — Nelly Furtado Copy Share Image
I don't really believe in good and evil. I never had. I think it's enabled me to open my mind. — Nelly Furtado Copy Share Image
Because of my Portuguese heritage, I have an interest in all of the instrumentation that comes from Portugal and Brazil as well. — Nelly Furtado Copy Share Image
I'm channelling my 14-year-old self. She's thinking about putting on her big hoop earrings and baggy pants and going to the mall downtown. — Nelly Furtado Copy Share Image
Art and life go together. I have to have a life filled with experiences to make art, and I have to have art around… — Nelly Furtado Copy Share Image
Our connection to nature grounds us, it makes us more spiritually aware. We must keep the legacy of nature materially alive for future generations. — Nelly Furtado Copy Share Image
I believe the future will reflect different body types, ethnicities, cultures and sexual orientations. I've been working with a lot of young artists who… — Nelly Furtado Copy Share Image
Music is one of the only inanimate things we have left. It can still be mystical, magical and awe-inspiring — Nelly Furtado Copy Share Image
In our world, it's a big deal when you have a favourite collaborator and share them. — Nelly Furtado Copy Share Image
I'm having a lot more fun living life. My new motto is "plerking" - I play and work at the same time. — Nelly Furtado Copy Share Image
