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.
SHAKIRAIt’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.
SHAKIRAI 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.
SHAKIRABecause of you, I’m running out of reasons to cry.
SHAKIRAA man’s car is like an extension of their ego and their manhood.
SHAKIRAElixir’ means magical potion, so I wanted to depict the kind of bottle that was used in ancient times, but that looked modern and chic as well. I also wanted it to have a golden tint to evoke the memories of sands and sunsets.
SHAKIRAI feel comfortable in my pop shoes. They let me walk in any direction. I like to go from one extreme to the other. One day I feel that I want to do a song with reggaeton influence, I do it. The next day I feel I need to do a song with rock elements to it, I do it.
SHAKIRAI pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.
SHAKIRAI remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
SHAKIRAI started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then, I have been very involved in the crusade for education.
SHAKIRAI feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
SHAKIRAIn the full light of day, I don’t want to think about the sunset.
SHAKIRAI love reading about history. Sometimes, I feel I was born in the wrong era. There was more creativity in the air when people were still discovering new worlds.
SHAKIRAOur 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.
SHAKIRAMy body feels like it is asking to reproduce.
SHAKIRAI 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.
SHAKIRAI was unaware of the dispute in Brooklyn. I would never knowingly wear any clothes or support any company who produced clothing with alleged wage and labor violations.
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