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.
SHAKIRAI feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
More Shakira Quotes
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Becoming a mom forced me to re-prioritize and make room for the things that are most important, while recognizing that there are things I can let go of, and the world won’t crumble around me.
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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 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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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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All through my twenties, I spent more time worrying what I didn’t have than thinking about what I did have. I wished that I was taller, had longer legs, slimmer hips, a smaller bottom, even straighter hair.
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I feel like there is a part of me that represents a minority in the U.S., a minority around the world. People who struggle, people who want to succeed with drive and ambition.
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I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That’s my fatal, absurd nature. Human beings are slaves to our dreams, and I am, too. Now I think I just want to share my musical proposal in its entire form.
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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.
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I didn’t expect babies to need so many diapers. Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often.
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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.
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I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off their clothes in front of a camera. But I’m not capable, I’m too cowardly for that.
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I like fragrances that have some sweetness to them. All three I have developed have that as a common element.
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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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Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I’m definitely the disciplinarian.
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A good fragrance should have a certain personality that makes people identify the scent with you.
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