There's no better makeup than self-confidence.

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 started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then I have been very involved in the crusade for education.

Our leaders are lacking love, and love is lacking leaders.

Freddy Demann (Shakira's Manager) is a man that knows the world of music. And I know that I am in good hands.

Music has given a voice to many generations, and I think we, as artists, can be a part of creating a better world.

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