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.
SHAKIRAColombia is not how people think it is. We used to eat fish every Sunday at the beach. In the town where I grew up, people did not tell lies.
More Shakira Quotes
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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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The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.
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When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
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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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For a while, I could only wear sweat pants because I was that intermediate size that you’re not a small, you’re not a large.
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Every day now, I discover something new. Go through phases in which I feel much more in touch with my feminine side in ways I never thought possible. I’m letting the woman inside of me speak, the desires of this woman, speak as loud as they can.
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I feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
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I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
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You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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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’d love to go to that World Cup – I’m not sure in what capacity, but I’ll definitely be there. I know that nobody wants to miss it, least of all me.
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I adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
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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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I feel as passionate as when I was 13 years old and just released my first album. I feel the same amount of adrenaline in my blood, and the same amount of curiosity as well. Curiosity about why I’m different.
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Colombia is not how people think it is. We used to eat fish every Sunday at the beach. In the town where I grew up, people did not tell lies.
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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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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.
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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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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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My videos represent the artist in me very well, but not the kind of woman I am.
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I wish that one of my children will be like the Australian guy from the Discovery Channel show. The crocodile hunter.
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My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
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I was five years old; I got addicted to being on stage. I felt like it was the most wonderful place on Earth, performing in front of an audience, who in this case were a bunch of classmates, kids my age.
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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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My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.
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I know that youngsters want to find something in common with each other and feel closer to each other ideologically through bridges such as the Internet.
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