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.
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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I always knew that I was tremendously creative. I recited love poems, I wrote stories and I got excellent grades in every subject, except for maths.
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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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A man’s car is like an extension of their ego and their manhood.
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In the full light of day, I don’t want to think about the sunset.
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I’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
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Gerard is just like me, but two meters tall. We’re very alike; it’s not for nothing that we were born on the same day, it’s just that he was born 10 years later… he’s a happy guy, healthy here, in the head.
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I just don’t find marriage a necessary step in a couple’s life.
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My team and I have reunited two elements that coexist with difficulty: respect and affection, because when they love you they don’t respect you and when they respect you they don’t love you.
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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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At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
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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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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 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 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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I adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
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