I like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
SHAKIRAI started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries.
More Shakira Quotes
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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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When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
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At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
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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 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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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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I just think that it’s very helpful to have a map of your psyche, because when you have a map, you know where to go.
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Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?
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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.
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I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.
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I just want to grow old with a man who takes care of me, and I want to eventually have kids and want them to be good children to me. Just want to be treated nice and have respect.
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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 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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I adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
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