Best Shakira Quotes & Sayings

Scars remind me of just how far that I've come. — Shakira

Breastfeeding has been one of the best experiences of my life. I love it! I can't stop! I think I'm going to breastfeed him until he goes to college! I'm hooked! — Shakira

I have two kids, a career, and a man that takes a lot of my attention and time. — Shakira

I would love to have eight or nine kids with Gerard - my own futbol team. — Shakira

It's very difficult to think that you're with someone that you know, and all of a sudden you don't know them: it turns out that they betray you. It's painful, but it's best to turn the page. — Shakira

I do feel that I have to use my voice for those that don't have one. I have to do the best I can in my own work to represent my culture, represent the women of my country, of Latin America. What we stand for. What we're made of. — Shakira

Gerard doesn't tell me what to do. We discuss everything as a couple, as I imagine most partners do. We have a beautiful relationship and one of mutual trust. — Shakira

Providing all Latin-American children with the education and early childhood development that they need is in the best interest of all, so it has to be a priority for all of us, not only the government and civil society, but also the business sector. — Shakira

My videos represent the artist in me very well, but not the kind of woman I am. — Shakira

I'm a perfectionist in recovery. I'm trying to deal with that monster inside of me that wants to do everything right. Or better than right. — Shakira

We need to provide higher quality and innovative early childhood development programs all throughout Latin America. — Shakira

For several years I worried a lot about protecting an image, but today I have understood that the image cannot be preconceived. — Shakira

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. — Shakira

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. — Shakira

I'm double-jointed. I can put my legs over my head, which freaks people out. — Shakira

I never thought it was fair for an 8-year-old child not to be able to afford shoes, or to wander the streets having to beg for money. To know that child's joy would end soon, when they realised there was no future. — Shakira

I'm a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums. — Shakira

I know what I'm doing even when I'm wearing a pencil skirt. — Shakira

I never went to the gym before in my life. But, at 32, I notice that my body responds negatively to bad food, so I must make double the effort. — Shakira

Nationalism is cured by traveling. — Shakira

I adore my dad. He's a 78-year-old man and my inspiration. — Shakira

From a psychoanalytical point of view, we start discovering the world through our mouths in the very first stage of our lives, when we're just born. — Shakira

When you have a baby, when you feel his love, you feel so at peace with the world. You just want to share the good news and share how happy you feel. — Shakira

The music teacher thought I sang like a goat. It was kind of devastating. A few months after that, I participated in a music contest and won. I took my little trophy to school and rubbed it in his nose. I said to him, "What do you say now?" — Shakira

I have gone through a lot of things, everything that you can imagine in life, but the best has been Gerard and Milan. — Shakira

I came to understand that I'm never going to be the perfect mother, but I'm going to do the best I can. Same goes for everything in my life. — Shakira

If I could, I'd live in the nude, like Eve in paradise. — Shakira

I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice. — Shakira

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. — Shakira

I have no idea where I want to go musically, but I'm fine that way. I don't need to be faithful to any concept, you know. — Shakira

My man prefers meat over the bone. — Shakira

Guys don't like women telling them what to do. It reminds them of their mothers, or something like that. — Shakira

I always knew I was going to be a public figure. There was no doubt. — Shakira

I'm convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children. — Shakira

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. — Shakira

There's no better makeup than self-confidence. — Shakira

Um, tequila please?" I asked questioningly, enunciating each word as best as my drunken mouth would allow. So really, it came out as "Uff, shakira pea? — Tara Sivec

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

I'm just a consequence of the great musical momentum and the great changes we are going through in the world. — Shakira

I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car. — Shakira

I just don't find marriage a necessary step in a couple's life. — Shakira

I like to see people's eyes when I'm singing to them. — Shakira

Shakira's music isn't my cup of tea, but the way she moves her hips reminds me of the feeling you get when you climb the gym pole. — Brandon Boyd

I'm quite proud of my rear ... I don't obsess over my flaws, because I see my body as a whole. Besides, I think men appreciate confidence more than perfection. — Shakira