I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.
SHAKIRAAll through my twenties, I spent more time worrying what I didn’t have than thinking about what I did have. I wished that I was taller, had longer legs, slimmer hips, a smaller bottom, even straighter hair.
More Shakira Quotes
-
-
I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.
SHAKIRA -
I tried to give my career a shot from Barranquilla, but the musicians would never show up. It was just not taken seriously.
SHAKIRA -
I’m more afraid of marriage than death.
SHAKIRA -
I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
SHAKIRA -
I started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries.
SHAKIRA -
Our generation faces many challenges, some of which were passed on to us by the past generations, but it’s up to us to find solutions today so that we don’t keep passing our problems on.
SHAKIRA -
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.
SHAKIRA -
I know what it’s like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.
SHAKIRA -
So I like the work he’s doing, and I support it, and I realise that he’s one of very few political leaders around the world that actually has early-childhood development strategise at the top of his agenda.
SHAKIRA -
I came to understand that I’m never going to be the perfect mother, but I’m going to do the best I can. Same goes for everything in my life.
SHAKIRA -
Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn’t just let someone else do it.
SHAKIRA -
I do feel that I have to use my voice for those that don’t have one. I have to do the best I can in my own work to represent my culture, represent the women of my country, of Latin America. What we stand for. What we’re made of.
SHAKIRA -
Videos 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.
SHAKIRA -
I think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
SHAKIRA -
I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then, I have been very involved in the crusade for education.
SHAKIRA