I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.
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
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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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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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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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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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My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I’m conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words.
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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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You’re a song written by the hands of God.
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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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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.
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I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
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In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.
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I like fragrances that have some sweetness to them. All three I have developed have that as a common element.
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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.
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