Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.
SHAKIRAI didn’t expect babies to need so many diapers. Nobody told me they needed to be changed so often.
More Shakira Quotes
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I’d love to go to that World Cup – I’m not sure in what capacity, but I’ll definitely be there. I know that nobody wants to miss it, least of all me.
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People are not depressed in Colombia the same way people are in America.
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I thank God that I’m a product of my parents. That they infected me with their intelligence and energy for life, with their thirst for knowledge and their love. I’m grateful that I know where I come from.
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A good fragrance should have a certain personality that makes people identify the scent with you.
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I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
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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’ve shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest’s.
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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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I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
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Success happened little by little for me. I tasted the flavor of fame in small doses: I started at 10 years old when I won a music contest; I was performing at birthday parties, company meetings.
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I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That’s my fatal, absurd nature.
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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 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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In the full light of day, I don’t want to think about the sunset.
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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.
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