I would sing anywhere they would invite me. That’s how I made my first pesos. I used to sing at beauty pageants, local events of every sort.
SHAKIRAI 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.
More Shakira Quotes
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I will never forget that day. I just wanted to see Kurt Cobain’s face. I had a feeling he was very cute. But, I couldn’t see his face.
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So I like the work he’s doing, and I support it, and I realise that he’s one of very few political leaders around the world that actually has early-childhood development strategise at the top of his agenda.
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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 think, that if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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People think I like to expose my body. But I don’t. It’s just because the dance moves require it.
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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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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.
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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 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 don’t go out without make up. I’m a woman, you know.
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You’re a song written by the hands of God.
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I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.
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I was pretty sad. But he was probably right; I did have a voice a bit like a goat, but my dad told me to never give up and to keep going, and it’s paid off.
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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.
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