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" Life is a soccer field, don't you think? "

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

" The truth is that I'm more afraid of marriage than of death. "

" A kid cannot learn with an empty stomach. "

" Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn't just let someone else do it. "

" 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 love food, and I'm a chronic over-orderer at restaurants. "

" 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. "

" People get jaded in every profession, but for some reason, I feel as passionate as when I was 13 years old and just released my first album. I feel the same amount of adrenaline in my blood, and the same amount of curiosity as well. Curiosity about why I'm different. "

" 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. "

" I came to understand that I'm never going to be the perfect mother, but I'm going to do the best I can. Same goes for everything in my life. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The music industry is dominated by guys. I work with men 98 percent of the time - producers, arrangers, musicians, engineers. "

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

" When we were in the Dark Ages, it was a question of humanity somehow managing to forget about itself. We put God in the centre of society, and people forgot about their own nature and desires. There was a huge deal of repression. "

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" I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman. "

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" I would love to have eight or nine kids with Gerard - my own futbol team. "

" I enjoy taking part in footballing events that are for social causes because, in my view, inspiring children through sport is a way of keeping their bodies and minds healthy as well as helping nurture their intelligence and ability to relate with others. "

" 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 pefer 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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