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" I really love to play 'Moonlight Sonata' by Beethoven. I can still read music, but I need to practise more. The way your fingers move - it's something that comes from memory. I love music. "

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" My father used to be a fisherman, so it always makes me feel close to him when I am there on the water catching my dinner. "

Irina Shayk

I Am

Water

" I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love. "

" I hate morning workout; I'm a night person more. But it's good to work out in the mornings because then you can have all day free. "

" Mutual respect is very important in a relationship, and since my work is part of my life, he would have to respect it. "

Irina Shayk

Relationship

Life

" What I've never understood is why some women use plastic surgery to make themselves more attractive to men. The most beautiful woman is someone who's happy and is always smiling. "

" You can't break Russian people, you know? 'Cos we're made in cold snow. We're very resistant. "

" I don't think there's a perfect time to have kids. I think first you have to find the perfect person. "

" I started playing piano age six. I was also singing in the choir, so my mum put me into music school. I went to study there for seven years, but it was not my passion. I quit because I wanted to study marketing. But I can still play piano. "

" You have to invest the money in a certain thing, because, you know, at 40, I want to enjoy my life. So I do a lot of investments. Apartments back in Russia and New York. It's a good thing to do. "

" I would never do 'Playboy.' "

" To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there. "

" I think of myself as a cover girl. But I would never do some kind of cheesy magazine. "

" I love fast food, but you have to try to eat healthy. "

" I hate jet lag, but I love, love, love, love traveling - to meet new people, to try different foods because I'm a big foodie. I love food, even though people think models don't eat. We do eat. "

" I do boxing; I do a little jiu jitsu, which I am obsessed with. "

" Both should share the same concept of what a relationship means and the same energy to believe in a monogamous relationship. "

" In Russia, we eat a lot of heavy food like potatoes and lots of meat. I can't eat one apple or a salad a day. You wouldn't want to come talk to me if I don't eat. I have to eat, or I am in a really bad mood. "

" I am trying to concentrate on books. You know, I love Dostoevsky; he's my favourite writer. "

" Just for you to know, people, models, are very smart. We're investing money in the right way, and, you know, a modeling job I'm taking as a businesswoman. So it's not fun for me; it's work. "

" I started modelling quite late, at 20. In this industry, girls start when they're barely even 14 or 15. "

" I don't believe in men who make us feel unhappy, because they're boys, not men. "

" I don't know how many kids I am going to have, but definitely I am one of those women who wants to have family and kids. "

" Nothing is easy, and as far as my modelling career goes, the path to the top has been long and difficult, but that's what makes it special. I always look back to remind myself where I've come from. "

" When I was growing up in Russia, my grandmothers would cook the best pancakes in the world, the best meatballs, the best dumplings. "

" I've felt ugly and insecure. "

" I was born and raised in a small village, and I didn't even think I was especially pretty. "

" My father died when I was 14, and my mother juggled two jobs so she could make sure my sister and I were OK. "

" It doesn't matter if you're small, big, or fit: if you go in front of the camera and deliver and say, 'Oh my God, I look amazing,' and just be sure about yourself, everything will be perfect. "

" A lot of people think that to make it as a model you just need to be pretty and slim, but they're wrong. There's a lot of hard work involved. You have to be very focused, know what kind of work you're aiming for. "

" My ideal man is faithful, honest, and a gentleman who knows how to treat women. "