Singer, songwriter, and producer Shakira was born Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll on February 2, 1977 in Columbia.

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




• "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."




• "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."




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




• " I'm Colombian and nothing will change that."




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




• " 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."

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