Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.
SHAKIRAWhen you have a baby, when you feel his love, you feel so at peace with the world. You just want to share the good news and share how happy you feel.
More Shakira Quotes
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I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
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I adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
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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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You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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What happens is once you start to understand football, you realise that it’s not just about the physical side of the game and chasing after a ball. It’s a strategic sport which requires a lot of intelligence. It’s a very mental game.
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When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
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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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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.
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Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I’m definitely the disciplinarian.
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If the fastest growing population in this country is Latino, that means we are the future of this country. And, we have proven we have talent. Now we need the tools to succeed.
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I’ve shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest’s.
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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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Elixir’ means magical potion, so I wanted to depict the kind of bottle that was used in ancient times, but that looked modern and chic as well. I also wanted it to have a golden tint to evoke the memories of sands and sunsets.
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Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn’t just let someone else do it.
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I know that youngsters want to find something in common with each other and feel closer to each other ideologically through bridges such as the Internet.
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