I grew up in Barranquila, Colombia, and I spent most of my childhood dreaming about becoming a singer.

You have to be very strong and tough-minded if you want to survive.

I'm a firm believer that education is the most efficient tool we have to make people aware and make our children aware, and to protect them from the scourge of the century, which is AIDS

They just want to continue playing their little game of power. And I feel that us people have the responsibility and also the obligation to demand to our leaders to give us the pacifist solutions. To give us a world in peace.

For several years I worried a lot about protecting an image, but today, I have understood that the image cannot be preconceived.

You collect impressions from people, from life, from your own daydreams.

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