At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs.
SHAKIRAI like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
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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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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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My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.
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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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Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn’t just let someone else do it.
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Colombia is not how people think it is. We used to eat fish every Sunday at the beach. In the town where I grew up, people did not tell lies.
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I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.
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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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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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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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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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The worst frustration for a singer is choosing a career in making music and then not being able to make music because you’re always giving interviews.
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I feel a real sense of duty to use the voice and the platform I’ve been afforded by my fame to speak out for those whose voices don’t get a chance to be heard.
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It’s not easy to work with me, I recognize that. It’s not easy if those people aren’t as perfectionistic as I am.
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Life is a soccer field, don’t you think?
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