Top 230 Quotes & Sayings by Shakira - Page 2
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Last updated on November 21, 2024.
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.
The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.
I do feel that I have to use my voice for those that don't have one. I have to do the best I can in my own work to represent my culture, represent the women of my country, of Latin America. What we stand for. What we're made of.
You want to be skinny and have a good body? You have to work out every day and say no to certain foods.
My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.
I'm just a consequence of the great musical momentum and the great changes we are going through in the world.
I was five years old; I got addicted to being on stage. I felt like it was the most wonderful place on Earth, performing in front of an audience, who in this case were a bunch of classmates, kids my age.
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.
Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
I know that youngsters want to find something in common with each other and feel closer to each other ideologically through bridges such as the Internet.
We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America.
Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn't just let someone else do it.
In 2006 I was asked to sing at the World Cup in Germany, and in 2010 I was fortunate enough to be asked again.
I love food, and I'm a chronic over-orderer at restaurants.
I just want to grow old with a man who takes care of me, and I want to eventually have kids and want them to be good children to me. Just want to be treated nice and have respect.
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.
The thing is, my dad's always been more of a bookworm; he was interested in more intellectual pursuits, but nobody can escape the passion that football stirs.
I think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
I feel like I'm not on Earth just to shake it and shake it endlessly, you know?
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.
At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs. My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.
I tried to give my career a shot from Barranquilla, but the musicians would never show up. It was just not taken seriously.
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'm convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children.
I know what I'm doing even when I'm wearing a pencil skirt.
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.
In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it's not a priority in the agendas of many leaders.
I never thought it was fair for an 8-year-old child not to be able to afford shoes, or to wander the streets having to beg for money. To know that child's joy would end soon, when they realised there was no future.
I'm lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I'll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
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.
I always knew that I was tremendously creative. I recited love poems, I wrote stories and I got excellent grades in every subject, except for maths.
I 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.
What happens is once you start to understand football, you realise that it's not just about the physical side of the game and chasing after a ball. It's a strategic sport which requires a lot of intelligence. It's a very mental game.
I don't go out without make up. I'm a woman, you know.
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.
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.
I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then I have been very involved in the crusade for education.
The Summit of the Americas is an excellent platform to raise awareness and secure commitments from heads of state and different sector leaders regarding Early Childhood Development.
The truth is that I'm more afraid of marriage than of death.
I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project.
I'm double-jointed. I can put my legs over my head, which freaks people out.
I was a real mummy's girl - still am. And as for my father, well, I have an Oedipus complex I'm still working out. I love that man!
Gerard is just like me, but two meters tall. We're very alike; it's not for nothing that we were born on the same day, it's just that he was born 10 years later... he's a happy guy, healthy here, in the head.
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.
We've built six schools in Colombia and do work in South Africa and Haiti. We teach 5,000 students.
I wish that one of my children will be like the Australian guy from the Discovery Channel show. The crocodile hunter.
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.
I like fragrances that have some sweetness to them. All three I have developed have that as a common element.
It's incredibly liberating to spend an hour talking to someone and not caring about what you sound like. It's about understanding myself. Sometimes I'll speak to my therapist for an hour a day. It's become part of my routine.
I just don't find marriage a necessary step in a couple's life.
All through my twenties, I spent more time worrying what I didn't have than thinking about what I did have. I wished that I was taller, had longer legs, slimmer hips, a smaller bottom, even straighter hair.
I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.
I just think that it's very helpful to have a map of your psyche, because when you have a map, you know where to go.
Writing songs has a therapeutic effect, and it either kills off love or wins the heart of the lover.
I feel like there is a part of me that represents a minority in the U.S., a minority around the world. People who struggle, people who want to succeed with drive and ambition.
The worst frustration for a singer is choosing a career in making music and then not being able to make music because you're always giving interviews.
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.
I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
I'm more afraid of marriage than death.
I like to see people's eyes when I'm singing to them.
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