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.
SHAKIRAI 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.
SHAKIRAI would sing anywhere they would invite me. That’s how I made my first pesos. I used to sing at beauty pageants, local events of every sort.
SHAKIRAI am an avid believer that education – and especially early childhood development – is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.
SHAKIRAI’m convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children.
SHAKIRAI do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy.
SHAKIRAI feel like I’m not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
SHAKIRAI remember the first time I saw the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
SHAKIRABeing 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.
SHAKIRAI’m barefoot whenever I can be.
SHAKIRAI feel as passionate as when I was 13 years old and just released my first album. I feel the same amount of adrenaline in my blood, and the same amount of curiosity as well. Curiosity about why I’m different.
SHAKIRAI admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself.
SHAKIRAYou’re a song written by the hands of God.
SHAKIRAI know what I’m doing even when I’m wearing a pencil skirt.
SHAKIRAMy man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about.
SHAKIRAI 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.
SHAKIRAI’m more afraid of marriage than death.
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