Best Shakira Quotes

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

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 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.

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 don't go out without makeup. I'm a woman, you know.

I'm Colombian and nothing will change that.

Even after I got some recognition and success, I still had to work hard and prove myself.

Walking gets too boring, when you learn how to fly.

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

I know what it's like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.

I'm someone who has always been very stubborn and strong-willed. I never gave up.

The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.

Education affects every major challenge we face in society. It creates economic growth, paves the way for peace and stability and helps erase the legacy of marginalization.

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

I was unaware of the dispute in Brooklyn. I would never knowingly wear any clothes or support any company who produced clothing with alleged wage and labor violations.

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

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.

They just want to continue playing their little game of power. And I feel that us people have the responsibility and also the obligation to demand to our leaders to give us the pacifist solutions. To give us a world in peace.