Because of you, I’m running out of reasons to cry.
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.
More Shakira Quotes
-
-
And I think that is tremendously empowering and is not diminishing in any way. I fell that any woman who is in control, who is in touch with her femininity and sensuality, is a woman that is empowered.
SHAKIRA -
I do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
SHAKIRA -
My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.
SHAKIRA -
I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.
SHAKIRA -
I 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.
SHAKIRA -
I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
SHAKIRA -
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 -
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.
SHAKIRA -
Sensual is everything that refers to the delight of the senses. And that’s what artists do, is stimulate the senses in any possible way.
SHAKIRA -
I didn’t expect babies to need so many diapers. Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often.
SHAKIRA -
I like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
SHAKIRA -
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 -
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.
SHAKIRA -
Elixir’ 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.
SHAKIRA -
I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.
SHAKIRA