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.

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

My family endured a big crisis after my father's business went bankrupt and we went from having a comfortable life to having virtually nothing. I saw from that moment how fragile and precarious life can be and you have to work very hard not just to survive but also to accomplish something in life and fulfill your dreams.

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

I've always thought of myself as a woman who works hard, believes in herself, and wants to accomplish as much as possible.

The music, of course, is important, but it's the energy that I bring to it that I think the public appreciate the most.

Of course for a Colombian girl it was always impossible to even imagine becoming an international popstar, but my dream became reality.