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.
SHAKIRAI will never forget that day. I just wanted to see Kurt Cobain’s face. I had a feeling he was very cute. But, I couldn’t see his face.
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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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I will never forget that day. I just wanted to see Kurt Cobain’s face. I had a feeling he was very cute. But, I couldn’t see his face.
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If it was up to me, I would just wear jeans and t-shirts, even to red carpets, but then no one would photograph me, so that would make me very sad. So you know, I’ve gotta keep up with the rest of the female population and sometimes try a little harder.
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My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.
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I tried to give my career a shot from Barranquilla, but the musicians would never show up. It was just not taken seriously.
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I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
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You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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I feel comfortable in my pop shoes. They let me walk in any direction. I like to go from one extreme to the other. One day I feel that I want to do a song with reggaeton influence, I do it. The next day I feel I need to do a song with rock elements to it, I do it.
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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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I have no idea where I want to go musically, but I’m fine that way. I don’t need to be faithful to any concept, you know.
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I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.
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I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.
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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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And I think that is tremendously empowering and is not diminishing in any way. I fell that any woman who is in control, who is in touch with her femininity and sensuality, is a woman that is empowered.
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Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I’m definitely the disciplinarian.
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