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I now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It’s an adventure, a dream…

Shakira

I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
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The worst frustration for a singer is choosing a career in making music and then not being able to make music because you’re always giving interviews.
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At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
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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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Brazil is a country I hold very dearly. I’ve got followers there who I’ve been interacting with for years, as well as fellow artists like Ivete Sangalo, and it also has huge figures like Pele.
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My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
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Beautiful Believe Body Brain Most Part
I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself.
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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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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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It’s not easy to work with me, I recognize that. It’s not easy if those people aren’t as perfectionistic as I am.
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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 feel a real sense of duty to use the voice and the platform I’ve been afforded by my fame to speak out for those whose voices don’t get a chance to be heard.
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I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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Chronic Food Love Order Over Restaurant
It’s incredibly liberating to spend an hour talking to someone and not caring about what you sound like. It’s about understanding myself. Sometimes I’ll speak to my therapist for an hour a day. It’s become part of my routine.
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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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I’m a multi-faceted woman and person, like all women are – there’s no black and white. We have shades of grey in the middle. And even many more colours that other people don’t see!
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