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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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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 feel as passionate as when I was 13 years old and just released my first album. I feel the same amount of adrenaline in my blood, and the same amount of curiosity as well. Curiosity about why I’m different.
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I do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
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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.
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My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.
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I was a real mummy’s girl – still am. And as for my father, well, I have an Oedipus complex I’m still working out. I love that man!
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I’m convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children.
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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.
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Gerard is just like me, but two meters tall. We’re very alike; it’s not for nothing that we were born on the same day, it’s just that he was born 10 years later… he’s a happy guy, healthy here, in the head.
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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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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.
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I adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
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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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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’ve shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest’s.
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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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