“Being raised in a developing country opened my eyes to so much I cannot tolerate. In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it’s not a priority in the agendas of many leaders.”

I’m convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children.

I started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries.

I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.

From a psychoanalytical point of view, we start discovering the world through our mouths in the very first stage of our lives, when we’re just born.

You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.

I’m more afraid of marriage than death.

President Obama is highly concerned with education. He’s a champion on early-childhood development strategies.

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.

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.

A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach.

A good fragrance should have a certain personality that makes people identify the scent with you.

I’ve written many love songs for Gerard. But it’s never enough. I feel that he deserves a million love songs written for him.

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.

I think, that if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.

Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?

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.

My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.

I think The Grateful Dead kind of represents the spirit of being able to go out and have an adventure in America at large.

Without being the most confident person in the world, I think I am the right person for Liverpool.

My brother and I ended up being known for our distance, but we had no idea how far we could hit the ball because we hit it the same, and all of a sudden.

My house was bugged. They couldn’t find any information on me being a subversive because I happen to love America; I just don’t like some of the things the government is doing.

I not only consider him as a friend, but if people get to know Donald Trump, I think they’ll know what I’m talking about. He’s one of the greatest human beings I’ve ever met in my life.