Quotes

This "good girl" [public image], I've got nothing to do with this. I'm a human being, of flesh and bones. I'm not a saint, nor a wild girl. And regarding my virginity, that's no one's business.

I've got a lot in common with Catwoman. I think her bravery is what I relate more to. When I'm up to something, I go for and do it, fearless and determined.

[on her music] Music is a matter of taste. I like this kind of music I'm doing for now, and I think more people are relating to it. I've said this before, I want the audience that wants me.

[years before separating from her brother Junior Lima] If I ever have to sing without Junior, I end my career.

I've never starved because my father worked really hard so I wouldn't go through what he went. Whenever he wanted to eat meat, he had to hunt an animal. He'd eat flour and water to cassava flour and water to satisfy himself.

[on her first solo album] Now that's my own style. That's what I want, who I am, what I like listening to.

Oh God, I hear lots of "no" in my life (...) and I say a lot as well. But I always want to know why not.

Music is a matter of taste. I like the kind I'm working on right now, and I think there's a large audience identifying with this work. I've said this before, I want the people that want me.

I write songs when I'm idle.

[on invitations to appear nude] I'm flattered that there are men who want to see me naked, but I believe my body belongs to myself and I show it to whoever I feel like so, who in the moment is my husband.

Everybody looks at me and says that I'm calm. But in reality, I go berserk. I'm extremely stressed, to the point I've got psychosomatic issues, like gastritis. All for being that nervous and stressed out.

[on her first kiss] I needed to be coherent, because I claimed I wouldn't kiss a boy I wasn't dating. But then [when making such claims to a gossip magazine] I was already dating someone, and I didn't want to admit it so people wouldn't get on me, and to keep my life private.