I tried to give my career a shot from Barranquilla, but the musicians would never show up. It was just not taken seriously.
SHAKIRAI’m a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums.
More Shakira Quotes
-
-
We’ve built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
SHAKIRA -
I’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
SHAKIRA -
Gerard doesn’t tell me what to do. We discuss everything as a couple, as I imagine most partners do. We have a beautiful relationship and one of mutual trust.
SHAKIRA -
When you have a baby, when you feel his love, you feel so at peace with the world. You just want to share the good news and share how happy you feel.
SHAKIRA -
When we were in the Dark Ages, it was a question of humanity somehow managing to forget about itself. We put God in the centre of society, and people forgot about their own nature and desires. There was a huge deal of repression.
SHAKIRA -
I just think that it’s very helpful to have a map of your psyche, because when you have a map, you know where to go.
SHAKIRA -
I feel comfortable in my pop shoes. They let me walk in any direction. I like to go from one extreme to the other. One day I feel that I want to do a song with reggaeton influence, I do it. The next day I feel I need to do a song with rock elements to it, I do it.
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 -
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 -
Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
SHAKIRA -
When you feel complete, you don’t need to get married, and you don’t think about it.
SHAKIRA -
Brazil 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.
SHAKIRA -
I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.
SHAKIRA -
I like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
SHAKIRA -
People get jaded in every profession, but for some reason,
SHAKIRA