I’m a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums.
SHAKIRAI am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That’s my fatal, absurd nature.
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We’ve built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
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Success happened little by little for me. I tasted the flavor of fame in small doses: I started at 10 years old when I won a music contest; I was performing at birthday parties, company meetings.
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My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about.
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Colombia is not how people think it is. We used to eat fish every Sunday at the beach. In the town where I grew up, people did not tell lies.
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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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I like fragrances that have some sweetness to them. All three I have developed have that as a common element.
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I feel as passionate as when I was 13 years old and just released my first album. I feel the same amount of adrenaline in my blood, and the same amount of curiosity as well. Curiosity about why I’m different.
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My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
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I would sing anywhere they would invite me. That’s how I made my first pesos. I used to sing at beauty pageants, local events of every sort.
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I’m barefoot whenever I can be.
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I remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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I was five years old; I got addicted to being on stage. I felt like it was the most wonderful place on Earth, performing in front of an audience, who in this case were a bunch of classmates, kids my age.
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I was a real mummy’s girl – still am. And as for my father, well, I have an Oedipus complex I’m still working out. I love that man!
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My videos represent the artist in me very well, but not the kind of woman I am.
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