Shakira Quotes

• Known as: Shakira
• Born: February 2, 1977
• Star Sign: Aquarius
• Birthplace: Barranquilla, Colombia
• Occupation: Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer, philanthropist

I think that that’s why I am probably a romantic and a passionate person. But I also have a very disciplined side, very disciplined and very demanding. Sometimes my sense of responsibility is my worst torturer.

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I wish there was a chance for you and me, I wish you couldn’t find a place to be, away from here.

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I had a big collection of fried eggs that I painted.

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I’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself. But there are always people close to me who I trust, who will scold me and pull my ears if I need it. Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don’t want it to happen to me.

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Lucky that my breasts are small and humble, so you don’t confuse them with mountains.

Shakira (lyrics)

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.

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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.

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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.

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For several years I worried a lot about protecting an image, but today I have understood that the image cannot be preconceived.

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It’s not easy to work with me, I recognize that. It’s not easy if those people aren’t as perfectionistic as I am.

 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.

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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.

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I don’t like the competition part of soccer. It’s a war in short pants. I prefer art.

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I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.

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I prefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.

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Writing songs has a therapeutic effect, and it either kills off love, or wins the heart of the lover.

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I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.

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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.

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In this life, to earn your place, you have to fight for it.

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You’re a song written by the hands of God.

I don’t go out without make up. I’m a woman, you know.

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Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.

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