I like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
SHAKIRAI feel comfortable in my pop shoes. They let me walk in any direction. I like to go from one extreme to the other. One day I feel that I want to do a song with reggaeton influence, I do it. The next day I feel I need to do a song with rock elements to it, I do it.
More Shakira Quotes
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I’m a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums.
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I feel comfortable in my pop shoes. They let me walk in any direction. I like to go from one extreme to the other. One day I feel that I want to do a song with reggaeton influence, I do it. The next day I feel I need to do a song with rock elements to it, I do it.
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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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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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Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I’m definitely the disciplinarian.
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People think I like to expose my body. But I don’t. It’s just because the dance moves require it.
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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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Providing all Latin-American children with the education and early childhood development that they need is in the best interest of all, so it has to be a priority for all of us, not only the government and civil society, but also the business sector.
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I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
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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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Sensual is everything that refers to the delight of the senses. And that’s what artists do, is stimulate the senses in any possible way.
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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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My body feels like it is asking to reproduce.
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I started my own Pies Descalzos/Barefoot Foundation when I was 18. We provide education to vulnerable children in Colombia and other developing countries.
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I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
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