The worst frustration for a singer is choosing a career in making music and then not being able to make music because you’re always giving interviews.
SHAKIRAVideos come definitely after the music has been created, but I have always felt, and especially today, that videos are vital in the album process. I think that we live in a very visual era, and if you make a mistake with a video, those images will accompany the song forever.
More Shakira Quotes
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I now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It’s an adventure, a dream…
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My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
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I just think that it’s very helpful to have a map of your psyche, because when you have a map, you know where to go.
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I’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
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I started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries.
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Providing all Latin-American children with the education and early childhood development that they need is in the best interest of all, so it has to be a priority for all of us, not only the government and civil society, but also the business sector.
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I didn’t expect babies to need so many diapers. Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often.
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The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos.
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Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.
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For a while, I could only wear sweat pants because I was that intermediate size that you’re not a small, you’re not a large.
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People think I like to expose my body. But I don’t. It’s just because the dance moves require it.
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I like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
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I think, that if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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I’d love to go to that World Cup – I’m not sure in what capacity, but I’ll definitely be there. I know that nobody wants to miss it, least of all me.
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