People think I like to expose my body. But I don’t. It’s just because the dance moves require it.
SHAKIRAMy man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about.
More Shakira Quotes
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I always knew that I was tremendously creative. I recited love poems, I wrote stories and I got excellent grades in every subject, except for maths.
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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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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 wish that one of my children will be like the Australian guy from the Discovery Channel show. The crocodile hunter.
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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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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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I’m barefoot whenever I can be.
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Because of you, I’m running out of reasons to cry.
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Videos come definitely after the music has been created, but I have always felt, and especially today, that videos are vital in the album process. I think that we live in a very visual era, and if you make a mistake with a video, those images will accompany the song forever.
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We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.
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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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If it was up to me, I would just wear jeans and t-shirts, even to red carpets, but then no one would photograph me, so that would make me very sad. So you know, I’ve gotta keep up with the rest of the female population and sometimes try a little harder.
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At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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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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