- Good friend of Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. Veloso appears briefly in Almodóvar's Talk to Her (2002).
- He's a great fan of Federico Fellini. He even recorded songs in Italian and an entire album of Fellini-related material in homage to him. Veloso has said repeatedly that The Road (1954) was a primary influence on his life and work.
- In 2004 he released his first CD all in English: "A Foreign Sound".
- Caetano worked in some soundtracks for movies like for Pedro Almodóvar's movie "Hable con ella" (2002).
- Caetano Veloso is one of Brazilian biggest names of MPB (Música Popular Brasileira - Brazilian Popular Music).
- He lived in London, England for three years in the late 60s - early 70s after he and friend Gilberto Gil were exiled from Brazil by the military dictatorship. Both men returned to Brazil as cultural heroes.
- Brother of singer Maria Bethânia, Clara, Isabel, Rodrigo, Roberto, Nicinha (adopted) and Irene (adopted).
- Uncle of Bella Veloso
- Chidren: Moreno Veloso [b. 22 November 1972] and Júlia [b. 7 January 1979 d. 1979], with Andréa Gadelha, and Zeca Veloso [b. 7 March 1992] and Tom Veloso [b. 25 January 1997], with Paula Lavigne.
- He published the autobiography "Tropical Truth: A Story of Music and Revolution in Brazil" in 2002.
- Parents: José Teles Veloso (Seu Zezinho) who died in 1984 and Claudionor Viana Teles Veloso (Canô Veloso), born in September 16th 1907. They got married in January 7th 1931.
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