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I just think that it's very helpful to have a map of your psyche, because when you have a map, you know where to go.
I wish that one of my children will be like the Australian guy from the Discovery Channel show. The crocodile hunter.
I have gone through a lot of things, everything that you can imagine in life, but the best has been Gerard and Milan.
The music, of course, is important, but it's the energy that I bring to it that I think the public appreciate the most.
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.
I've always thought of myself as a woman who works hard, believes in herself, and wants to accomplish as much as possible.
I have such a respect and fascination for dance. I can be light as air or stay grounded. Dance is really another universe.
I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That's my fatal, absurd nature.
For a while, I could only wear sweat pants because I was that intermediate size that you're not a small, you're not a large.
I've written many love songs for Gerard. But it's never enough. I feel that he deserves a million love songs written for him.
The music industry is dominated by guys. I work with men 98 percent of the time - producers, arrangers, musicians, engineers.
It doesn't matter if you are a musician, a business leader, a president or a student. We all have a responsibility to give back.
My main hope for my children would be that whatever profession or calling they choose in life, that they pursue it with passion.
For several years I worried a lot about protecting an image, but today, I have understood that the image cannot be preconceived.
We have to promote human solidarity, avoid indifference, and play a part with society in the solution of the problem of violence.
At the current pace of change, we won't have universal access to education in 100 years, let alone five, and that is unacceptable.
My little boy (Sasha) is now one-year-old and that makes it easier for me to go back to the studio and work on creating new music.
I was a real mummy's girl - still am. And as for my father, well, I have an Oedipus complex I'm still working out. I love that man!
In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it's not a priority in the agendas of many leaders.
I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
Women should feel happy with their bodies and not live with the stigma that comes from not looking like models in fashion magazines.
I believe education is the key. As an activist and a child of the developing world, I witnessed education's power to transform lives.
My hope is that every country in Latin America will make a significant commitment to supporting early childhood development programs.
Of course for a Colombian girl it was always impossible to even imagine becoming an international popstar, but my dream became reality.
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 started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then I have been very involved in the crusade for education.
I think this generation can play a very important role. If we act now, this could be the first generation to witness universal education.
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.
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.
I would sing anywhere they would invite me. That's how I made my first pesos. I used to sing at beauty pageants, local events of every sort.
Colombia is not how people think it is. We used to eat fish every Sunday at the beach. In the town where I grew up, people did not tell lies.
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 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.
Half of the world lives on [about] $2 a day. If there is a hungry kid in the world, we shouldn't consider ourselves more evolved than homo habilis.
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.
With pregnancy and nursing, the hormones mean your skin tends to be more sensitive to the light, so it's very important to use sun block every day.
Always I was dreaming of a record contract. From 10 to 13, it was all I could think of. I worked hard for this dream. Nobody could say I didn't try.
The first years of a child's life are too important for a child's future - their development, earnings, behavior, and health - for anyone to ignore.
I always knew that I was tremendously creative. I recited love poems, I wrote stories and I got excellent grades in every subject, except for maths.
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.
What I do is I remove my makeup every night, use a little bit of Vitamin C serum, and that's it, pretty much. Of course, I use my 3D White products!
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.
I have never had one moment of stage fright and performing has always been a huge thrill and source of enjoyment for me. It's part of my personality.
Sexy is good as long as it's not the main recipe. It's an ingredient. I would not appear in a leotard in a video if I [did] not have other dimensions.
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.
In tough economic times, we have to make every dollar count, and studies have shown a return of up to $17 for every dollar invested in early childhood.
I know that youngsters want to find something in common with each other and feel closer to each other ideologically through bridges such as the Internet.
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.
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.
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.