I write pop songs. But I think it is sprinkled with a lot of counter-culture references. It ranged from rap to hip hop to trip hop, house, drum and bass, and experimental and improv and jazz. — Nelly Furtado Copy Share Image
I'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… — 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
