I tried to give my career a shot from Barranquilla, but the musicians would never show up. It was just not taken seriously.
SHAKIRARelationships have to have a give and take if they’re going to work in the long term.
More Shakira Quotes
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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 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.
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My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I’m conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words.
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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.
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It’s very difficult to think that you’re with someone that you know, and all of a sudden you don’t know them: it turns out that they betray you. It’s painful, but it’s best to turn the page.
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For a while, I could only wear sweat pants because I was that intermediate size that you’re not a small, you’re not a large.
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Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.
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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.
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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’ve shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest’s.
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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 do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
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I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.
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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.
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The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.
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