Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn’t just let someone else do it.
SHAKIRABrazil 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.
More Shakira Quotes
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I didn’t expect babies to need so many diapers. Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often.
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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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My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about.
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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 do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
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I just want to grow old with a man who takes care of me, and I want to eventually have kids and want them to be good children to me. Just want to be treated nice and have respect.
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A good fragrance should have a certain personality that makes people identify the scent with you.
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I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off their clothes in front of a camera. But I’m not capable, I’m too cowardly for that.
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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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You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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People think I like to expose my body. But I don’t. It’s just because the dance moves require it.
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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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Relationships have to have a give and take if they’re going to work in the long term.
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All through my twenties, I spent more time worrying what I didn’t have than thinking about what I did have. I wished that I was taller, had longer legs, slimmer hips, a smaller bottom, even straighter hair.
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