I like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
SHAKIRAI was unaware of the dispute in Brooklyn. I would never knowingly wear any clothes or support any company who produced clothing with alleged wage and labor violations.
More Shakira Quotes
-
-
I will never forget that day. I just wanted to see Kurt Cobain’s face. I had a feeling he was very cute. But, I couldn’t see his face.
SHAKIRA -
I feel like I’m on an anthropological mission.
SHAKIRA -
I feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
SHAKIRA -
What I do is I remove my makeup every night, use a little bit of Vitamin C serum, and that’s it, pretty much. Of course, I use my 3D White products!
SHAKIRA -
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.
SHAKIRA -
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.
SHAKIRA -
I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.
SHAKIRA -
All through my twenties, I spent more time worrying what I didn’t have than thinking about what I did have. I wished that I was taller, had longer legs, slimmer hips, a smaller bottom, even straighter hair.
SHAKIRA -
I tried to give my career a shot from Barranquilla, but the musicians would never show up. It was just not taken seriously.
SHAKIRA -
Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.
SHAKIRA -
I don’t go out without make up. I’m a woman, you know.
SHAKIRA -
I’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
SHAKIRA -
I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn’t like my voice.
SHAKIRA -
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.
SHAKIRA -
Being raised in a developing country opened my eyes to so much I cannot tolerate. In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it’s not a priority in the agendas of many leaders.
SHAKIRA