"Our people face increased violence, unemployment and misery because the government and a group of investors want to exploit our land and rivers for profit."

"" I dedicated my life to campaigning against this project, and though it has gone ahead, I will keep on fighting against what Belo Monte represents: a destructive, unsustainable and unfeasible development model.”"

"“The Belo Monte Dam is literally drowning the lungs of the earth, the Amazon rainforest, and clogging its arteries, the great Amazon river that brings water and food to millions of people,”"

"“I will keep on fighting against what Belo Monte represents: a destructive, unsustainable, and unfeasible development model.”"

"Never to be silenced"

"The experiences that I have had definitely help to deal with different types of pressure."

"I want to be a part of something that is spearheading the movement, if that makes sense? I’m actually investing in seeing myself as an equal to my male counterparts."

"The better I got, the greater the pressure and the tougher his feedback would get."

"I think women need more representation. Not just because we are women, but because we are incredible athletes. Incredible athletes should all be given the same opportunities."

"Unfortunately, injuries are a natural part of football."

"If I had a bad game or something like that, especially in the very beginning, it was such a hard transitional period that I would just really get in my head."

""I will not pose nude because this all withered"."

"I think it would not work. I would be very jealous. It would be better if it was just sex."

"Never voted (in Lula) and never vote."

"Katya Chamma is example of quality in independent music."

"The Internet is the great highway of the modern communication, free and independent."

"The Internet is the more democratic media them last times. And for being anarchical, it's open to all manifestations, artistic also."

"We made music seated on the grass of Brasilia's super-squares, at home, at college. It was a creative time, more ingenuous, when the people amused more themselves, played more."

"We always travelled to other cities, other states, looking for the festivals. It's gone the musical way of one generation."

"The independent project, in a general way, requests a constant work to spread, in the traditional way and in the alternative circuit. It is a fight... but I believe that it is the way."

"Katya Chamma is one of the greaters representative of the Brazilian independent music."

"Brilliant and with inspiration always."

"Yes, I would, if they are the kind that shakes."

"``The roses are a form of gratitude, it is my memory to the public. And the white clothes already comes from a long time. The white is the unification of all the colors and it symbolizes my spiritual master, that accompanies me always."

"Music for me is like a balsam. I always whish that when people are watching me or listening to me, they take with them this energy I receive from God."

"God is a white Light, cosmic, gorgeous one..."

"I think an interpreter has to sing everything, to sing what wants to sing. It cannot be with that foolishness, that here in Brazil we face this thing that when one records a song, later no one can rerecord it. This is madness, absurd. Music doesn't have an owner, the music doesn´t belong to anyone."

"I love Nature."

"``Your voice is extraordinary and doesn´t need support. When you are sentimental, that´s when you are at your best. Your talent is revealed by this.´´"

"``I Like Simone very much. Potentially, there is a talent to bloom out. She is a beautiful woman, her repertory is very good and she is very well orientated by Flavio Rangel and Nelson Ayres´´."

"``I only met Simone last year and it was like meeting Sarah Vaughan or Dinah Washington. She has a very strong identity, she sings with a lot of passion and grace.´´"

"``When Simone opens her arms on the stage no one is more powerful on MPB´´."

"If I had to choose a song to listen to before I died, it would be Simone singing Começar de novo."

"Simone is one of the best singers in the world"

"When we are young we believe to be adults; when we are adults we believe to be young."

"``You are generous and your voice is blessed. When I was sick with back problems, you even made a promise to quit smoking if I´d recover. Only a great friend can do this.´´"

"``The first thing that comes to my senses is your tone of your voice, remarkable one, warm, heady and involving.´´"

"``I am specially moved by her performance on the stage. She has an enormous capacity of expressing hersel´´"

"``Her songs are a part of my life, from Começar de Novo (Malu Mulher). I like to watch her on the stage. She transmits security, but is also strong and sweet.´´"

"``How wonderful it is to celebrate a 27 years career! When you moved from basket ball to music, the world of sports lost a great player, but music won a great singer. You transmit good vibrations, a wonderful energy on the stage.´´"

"The only person who could make me stop singing is the one who made me sing: God, the beauty up there!"

"No boys for me growing up! I was so skinny and tall. Everybody called me a giraffe. … I had no boobs and no butt and nobody liked me, I was so lonely. All the boys would come to me and want advice because they wanted my friend. But nobody ever wanted me — high school was a very sad, lonely time."