"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"

"I only regret my success has taken so long to achieve"

"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 …"

"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…"