I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself.
I’m like a mosquito, I love humidity. I don’t sweat.
I don’t go out without make up. I’m a woman, you know.
I’m Colombian and nothing will change that.
There is no other investment that has the kind of social multiplier effect that early education has. It is an incredible thing to nurture and watch grow and spread.
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.
I’m lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I’ll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.
I just want to grow old with a man who takes care of me, and I want to eventually have kids and want them to be good children to me. Just want to be treated nice and have respect.
My dad is a writer, and to see him always in front of a typewriter gave me the inspiration to write. He was my idol, my hero. I wanted to be just like him.
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.
Scars remind me of just how far that I’ve come.
I live for freedom, and freedom is a lie.
I can be like a lioness when defending my people.
I think that we see war as a virtual thing and we even get to believe that bombs fall on top of cardboard cutouts and stuff like that. They don’t. They kill real people, real children, real mothers and millions of innocent people.
I apply the same amount of dedication to being a mom as I do to my music.
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.
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 started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then I have been very involved in the crusade for education.
In 2006 I was asked to sing at the World Cup in Germany, and in 2010 I was fortunate enough to be asked again.
Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.