We may look great on Instagram, but we're still lonely and depressed and anxiety-ridden. I hope, for the sake of our future generations, that our moral compass stays intact. Nelly Furtado More Quotes by Nelly Furtado More Quotes From Nelly Furtado I finally feel content with my work. My fruit has started to ripen. I'm able to dissect emotion properly and distill it into a song that reverberates in a truthful place. Nelly Furtado fruit able song I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away... Nelly Furtado fly-away bird I just think motherhood made me better, I think it rejuvenates you as a person, mind, body and spirit, and I think every woman is different. Nelly Furtado motherhood mind thinking Touring is a favorite part of what I do. I love connecting with the fans in that immediate way. Nelly Furtado touring fans way When she walks she walks with passion when she talks, she talks like she can handle it when she asks for something, boy she means it she know you would do [anything] to keep her by your side she'll make you work hard make you spend hard make you want all, all of her she'll make you fall real fast [in love]. Nelly Furtado hate real fall I say it's a girls' world. Nelly Furtado girl world 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 rap writing song I'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 Furtado who-i-am roots class 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 self years thinking Because of my Portuguese heritage, I have an interest in all of the instrumentation that comes from Portugal and Brazil as well. Nelly Furtado portugal brazil heritage I'm into cotton underwear. I don”t need cheetah print leather to make me feel sexy. Nelly Furtado underwear sexy needs 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 - because it's digital or a CD. My music is my emotion in a bottle. But how is a perfume supposed to reflect me? How is a sweatshirt supposed to represent me? Nelly Furtado cds air philosophy Girls like to see girls dressed up like princesses occasionally. Guys don”t really care, they just want to get the clothes off. Nelly Furtado princess clothes girl Maneater -- make you work hard, make you spend hard, make you want all of her love. Nelly Furtado hard hard-work want I'm privileged that I'm an artist. Nelly Furtado privileged artist As an artist, comfort can be your worst enemy. Nelly Furtado worst-enemy artist comfort I remember attaching a wire clothing hanger to the antenna of my radio in my bedroom, so I could get the frequency and get that station and listen to the top 10 every night. Nelly Furtado top-10 wire night I have a photograph of my grandfather driving a donkey cart barefoot. Nelly Furtado driving photograph grandfather In our world, it's a big deal when you have a favourite collaborator and share them. Nelly Furtado favourite our-world share I do feel like I'm a survivor because the music industry is still a boys' club. I really respect all the women in the business. I know trusting yourself is hard work but it helps you avoid all the traps and labels that come with being in this business. Nelly Furtado survivor hard-work boys
