"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."
"Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don't want it to happen to me."
"I'm lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I'll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself."
"At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs. My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me."
"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."
"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."
"The truth is that I'm more afraid of marriage than of death."
"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'm convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children."
"I prefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie."
