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Quotes
 The
worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never
gets out of there.
I
can't hire other people to write songs for me. I have to write them
myself.
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.
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.
Everyone
can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.
For
several years I worried a lot about protecting an image, but today I
have understood that the image cannot be preconceived.
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.
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
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.
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
don't go out without make up. I'm a woman, you know.
I
prefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth
that is when I will give my heart.
I
want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and
unselfishness that parents love their children with.
I'm
Colombian and nothing will change that.
In
this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Writing
songs has a therapeutic effect, and it either kills off love or wins the
heart of the lover.
You're
a song written by the hands of God.
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.
My
brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
Videos
come definitely after the music has been created, but I have always
felt, and especially today, that videos are vital in the album process.
I think that we live in a very visual era and if you make a mistake with
a video, those images will accompany the song forever. There is no way
to divorce the image from the music once the video has been filmed and
exposed.
I
remember the first time I saw the "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
video. I will never forget that day. I just wanted to see Kurt Cobain's
face. I had a feeling he was very cute. But, I couldn't see his face.
When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!
People
think I like to expose my body. But I don't. It's just because the dance
moves require it.
You
can laugh, but since I was a child I knew that I was going to be a well-
known singer/songwriter; that was something I had no doubts about. It
was almost like a prophecy.
I
love reading about history. Sometimes, I feel I was born in the wrong
era. There was more creativity in the air when people were still
discovering new worlds.
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
expect my beloved to be kind, generous, I expect him not to lie so I can
look him straight in the eyes, and I expect him to fall in love with me
10 times a day.
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