"Because of my Portuguese heritage, I have an interest in all of the instrumentation that comes from Portugal and Brazil as well." - Nelly Furtado
"I remember really bonding with the first generation kids, the Chinese Canadian kids, and in high school bonding with the Latin kids and the East Indian kids. It was very interesting because it made me open to lots of musical sounds." - Nelly Furtado
"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
