Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn’t just let someone else do it.
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 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. Human beings are slaves to our dreams, and I am, too. Now I think I just want to share my musical proposal in its entire form.
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Becoming a mom forced me to re-prioritize and make room for the things that are most important, while recognizing that there are things I can let go of, and the world won’t crumble around me.
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It’s very difficult to think that you’re with someone that you know, and all of a sudden you don’t know them: it turns out that they betray you. It’s painful, but it’s best to turn the page.
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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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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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When you have a baby, when you feel his love, you feel so at peace with the world. You just want to share the good news and share how happy you feel.
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You feel that there is an avalanche coming when you meet the right person.
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I feel a real sense of duty to use the voice and the platform I’ve been afforded by my fame to speak out for those whose voices don’t get a chance to be heard.
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My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
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The truth is that I’m more afraid of marriage than of death.
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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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The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.
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I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.
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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 like to see people’s eyes when I’m singing to them.
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