I’m a multi-faceted woman and person, like all women are – there’s no black and white. We have shades of grey in the middle. And even many more colours that other people don’t see!
SHAKIRAPeople get jaded in every profession, but for some reason,
More Shakira Quotes
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You’re a song written by the hands of God.
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I like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
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Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
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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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In the full light of day, I don’t want to think about the sunset.
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I know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
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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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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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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 came to understand that I’m never going to be the perfect mother, but I’m going to do the best I can. Same goes for everything in my life.
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We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.
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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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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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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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I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
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