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“The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because
then she never gets out of there."
"I can't hire other people to write songs for me. I have to
write them myself."
"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".
"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".
"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".
"My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body".
"Videos come definitely after the music has been created, but
I have always felt, and especially today, that videos are
vital in the album process. I think that we live in a very
visual era and if you make a mistake with a video, those
images will accompany the song forever. There is no way to
divorce the image from the music once the video has been
filmed and exposed."
"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!"
People think I like to expose my body. But I don't. It's just
because the dance moves require it.
"You can laugh, but since I was a child I knew that I was
going to be a well-known singer/songwriter; that was something
I had no doubts about. It was almost like a prophecy."
"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."
"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."
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