It’s incredibly liberating to spend an hour talking to someone and not caring about what you sound like. It’s about understanding myself. Sometimes I’ll speak to my therapist for an hour a day. It’s become part of my routine.
SHAKIRAMy therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.
More Shakira Quotes
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Both the IDB and Fundacion ALAS believe that the future of prosperity and equality that we hope for has to start today with higher investment and higher quality in Early Childhood Development programs throughout the region.
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I now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It’s an adventure, a dream…
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I feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
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A man’s car is like an extension of their ego and their manhood.
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I’m barefoot whenever I can be.
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I don’t go out without make up. I’m a woman, you know.
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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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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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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 tried to give my career a shot from Barranquilla, but the musicians would never show up. It was just not taken seriously.
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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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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 think a fragrance is all about sensations and imagery, and can evoke visions, feelings and thoughts.
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Providing all Latin-American children with the education and early childhood development that they need is in the best interest of all, so it has to be a priority for all of us, not only the government and civil society, but also the business sector.
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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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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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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 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.
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I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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I think, that if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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Becoming a mom forced me to re-prioritize and make room for the things that are most important, while recognizing that there are things I can let go of, and the world won’t crumble around me.
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I think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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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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I thank God that I’m a product of my parents. That they infected me with their intelligence and energy for life, with their thirst for knowledge and their love. I’m grateful that I know where I come from.
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My body feels like it is asking to reproduce.
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I’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
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