Quotes By Shakira

I'm like a mosquito, I love humidity. I don't sweat.

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

I love reading about history. Sometimes, I feel I was born in the wrong era. There was more creativity in the air when people were still discovering new worlds.

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

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

You can't achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.

My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.

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

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

I'm lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I'll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.

It's not easy to work with me, I recognize that. It's not easy if those people aren't as perfectionistic as I am.

I'm more afraid of marriage than death.

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.

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.

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.

I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off their clothes in front of a camera. But I'm not capable, I'm too cowardly for that.

You're a song written by the hands of God.

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.

My team and I have reunited two elements that coexist with difficulty: respect and affection, because when they love you they don't respect you and when they respect you they don't love you.

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

I remember the first time I saw the 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' video. I will never forget that day. I just wanted to see Kurt Cobain's face. I had a feeling he was very cute. But, I couldn't see his face. When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!

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

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.

In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.

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

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.

I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.

Because of you, I'm running out of reasons to cry.

Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.

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.