I know what I'm doing even when I'm wearing a pencil skirt.
Every day now, I discover something new. Go through phases in which I feel much more in touch with my feminine side in ways I never thought possible. I'm letting the woman inside of me speak, the desires of this woman, speak as loud as they can.
President Obama is highly concerned with education. He's a champion on early-childhood development strategies. So I like the work he's doing, and I support it, and I realise that he's one of very few political leaders around the world that actually has early-childhood development strategise at the top of his agenda.
My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.
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 think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
I think, that if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
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.
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.
Guys don't like women telling them what to do. It reminds them of their mothers, or something like that.
My body feels like it is asking to reproduce.
Sensual is everything that refers to the delight of the senses. And that's what artists do, is stimulate the senses in any possible way.
I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
Life is a soccer field, don't you think?
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.
In the full light of day, I don't want to think about the sunset.
I like fragrances that have some sweetness to them. All three I have developed have that as a common element.
Writing songs has a therapeutic effect, and it either kills off love or wins the heart of the lover.
My videos represent the artist in me very well, but not the kind of woman I am.