"Because I couldn’t find anyone to help me out in Cape Verde, I had to start recording in France in 1988"

"They’re going to feel my message through my presence and my music"

"I wasn’t astonished by Europe and I was never that impressed by the speed and grandeur of modern America"

"Evora, Cesaria 1941,updated May 21 2018,https://www.encyclopedia.com/"

"This was women’s work around the house, but I didn’t like it, so I came out when I was 13"

"The fact that I sing about love doesn’t have anything to do with my emotional life. I think I didn’t have a husband b…"

"That doesn’t happen to everybody, but it’s common in Cape Verde. That’s why in Cape Verde, women are always fighting …"

"Women in Cape Verde are very strong, and we have a fighting spirit."

"I’m just a simple person. I’m not hard to understand."

"I was born in a poor country. I was poor, but I lived all my life with what I had. I didn’t spend more than I had. Ca…"