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" If I can contribute to people having fun, I would feel very fulfilled as an artist. "

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" I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car. "

" You want to be skinny and have a good body? You have to work out every day and say no to certain foods. "

" 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 now talk to different cultures, and I hope that I can bridge those gaps and differences between us. It's an adventure, a dream... I feel like I'm on an anthropological mission. "

" I always had the intuition, even as a little child, that I was called for a big project. "

" I'm a multi-faceted woman and person, like all women are - there's no black and white. We have shades of grey in the middle. And even many more colours that other people don't see! "

" Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don't want it to happen to me. "

" I've shaken hands with every radio station, from Honduras to Ryan Seacrest's. "

" Relationships have to have a give and take if they're going to work in the long term. "

" I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun. "

" Always I was dreaming of a record contract. From 10 to 13, it was all I could think of. I worked hard for this dream. Nobody could say I didn't try. "

" 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 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. "

" My dad is a writer, and to see him always in front of a typewriter gave me the inspiration to write. He was my idol, my hero. I wanted to be just like him. "

" I have no idea where I want to go musically, but I'm fine that way. I don't need to be faithful to any concept, you know. "

" My man, Gerard, prefers meat over bone. That takes the pressure off. I already have a lot to worry about. "

" I have gone through a lot of things, everything that you can imagine in life, but the best has been Gerard and Milan. "

" 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. "

" I'm barefoot whenever I can be. "

" People think I like to expose my body. But I don't. It's just because the dance moves require it. "

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

" I know what I'm doing even when I'm wearing a pencil skirt. "

" Brazil is a country I hold very dearly. I've got followers there who I've been interacting with for years, as well as fellow artists like Ivete Sangalo, and it also has huge figures like Pele. I'd love to go to that World Cup - I'm not sure in what capacity, but I'll definitely be there. I know that nobody wants to miss it, least of all me. "

" I believe that every single one of us, celebrity or not, has a responsibility to get involved in trying to make a difference in the world. Our generation faces many challenges, some of which were passed on to us by the past generations, but it's up to us to find solutions today so that we don't keep passing our problems on. "

" A man's car is like an extension of their ego and their manhood. "

" 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 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. "

" I just don't find marriage a necessary step in a couple's life. "