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Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.

Shakira

I’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
SHAKIRA

Around Fall Familiar Love Lucky Myself Otherwise Risk Talk
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.
SHAKIRA

Country Deserve Enough Love Many Million People Songs Write Written
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.
SHAKIRA

Carry Hour Incredibly Liberation Like Someone Sound Spend Talk
I know what it’s like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.
SHAKIRA

Affirmation Appreciation Feel Know Like Ned That
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.
SHAKIRA

Dose Fame Flavor Happened Little Small Success Taste
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.
SHAKIRA

Country Feel Like Men Minority Part Represent World
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.
SHAKIRA

Celebrity Cute Day Face Feel Forget never Popular See Singer
If the fastest growing population in this country is Latino, that means we are the future of this country. And, we have proven we have talent. Now we need the tools to succeed.
SHAKIRA

Country Fastest Future Growing Mean Population Proven
I started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries.
SHAKIRA

Country Eighteen Foundation Own People Person Start
I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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Change Country Nothing People Person
It’s not easy to work with me, I recognize that. It’s not easy if those people aren’t as perfectionistic as I am.
SHAKIRA

Easy People Perfectionist Recognize Work
I think a fragrance is all about sensations and imagery, and can evoke visions, feelings and thoughts.
SHAKIRA

Evoke Feeling Fragrance Imagery Sensation Think Thought Vision
I’m barefoot whenever I can be.
SHAKIRA

Barefoot Be Whenever
I like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
SHAKIRA

Eyes Like People See Sing
My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about.
SHAKIRA

Already Bone Country Man Mert Over People Person Prefer Pressure Worry
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.
SHAKIRA

Day Discover Every New Something

Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.

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