I have no idea where I want to go musically, but I’m fine that way. I don’t need to be faithful to any concept, you know.
SHAKIRAI 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.
More Shakira Quotes
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I remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
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My team and I have reunited two elements that coexist with difficulty: respect and affection, because when they love you they don’t respect you and when they respect you they don’t love you.
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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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I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself.
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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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I’ve written many love songs for Gerard. But it’s never enough. I feel that he deserves a million love songs written for him.
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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.
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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’ve shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest’s.
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I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.
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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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I love food, and I’m a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
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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 want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.
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I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
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President Obama is highly concerned with education. He’s a champion on early-childhood development strategies.
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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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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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I’m convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children.
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The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.
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You can’t achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
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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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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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I do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
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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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The ALAS Foundation was born as a consequence and a continuation of what we are doing with Pies Descalzos.
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