I 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. |
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. |
I'm Colombian and nothing will change that. |
It doesn't bother me to talk about my private life, it doesn't bother me to talk about anything. My life is like a glass of water, transparent. |
Writing songs has a therapeutic effect, and it either kills off love or wins the heart of the lover. |
Because of you, I'm running out of reasons to cry. |
I don't go out without make up. I'm a woman, you know. |
Writing in English was a major challenge. I didn't want other songwriters to write for me. I wanted to preserve the spirit of my songs in Spanish. I am the same Shakira in English as I am in Spanish. |
I 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. |
I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with. |
Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself. |
I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia. |
You're a song written by the hands of God. |
In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it. |
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. |
I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart. |
I 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. |
I always believed that women have rights and that there are some women that are intelligent enough to claim those rights. There are some others that are stupid enough not to. |