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.

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 am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia.

I'm lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I'll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.

The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.

I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.

At the current pace of change, we won't have universal access to education in 100 years, let alone five, and that is unacceptable.