My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about.
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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Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn’t just let someone else do it.
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If it was up to me, I would just wear jeans and t-shirts, even to red carpets, but then no one would photograph me, so that would make me very sad. So you know, I’ve gotta keep up with the rest of the female population and sometimes try a little harder.
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I’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
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I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself.
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Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.
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At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
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Gerard doesn’t tell me what to do. We discuss everything as a couple, as I imagine most partners do. We have a beautiful relationship and one of mutual trust.
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I do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
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When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
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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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Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.
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We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.
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I think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.
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I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then, I have been very involved in the crusade for education.
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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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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.
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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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Success happened little by little for me. I tasted the flavor of fame in small doses: I started at 10 years old when I won a music contest; I was performing at birthday parties, company meetings.
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I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.
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Brazil is a country I hold very dearly. I’ve got followers there who I’ve been interacting with for years, as well as fellow artists like Ivete Sangalo, and it also has huge figures like Pele.
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I 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.
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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 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 now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It’s an adventure, a dream…
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I’ve written many love songs for Gerard. But it’s never enough. I feel that he deserves a million love songs written for him.
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