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.

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.

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

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.

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

I'm someone who has always been very stubborn and strong-willed. I never gave up.

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.