I love my fans, I could not be able to do it without you and I would not be here.

I've been singing Shakira songs in front of my bathroom mirror into my hairbrush forever. It's like a daily routine.

The only way I hear gossip is if it's big enough and loud enough for my friends to bring it up to me. Or if it's, like, a big untrue ordeal from my publicist - and she hates making that phone call!

I try to prepare for everything beyond the extent of preparation.

I want to make people feel things when they hear my music I want to give a song to someone who is going through a break up, I want to give a song to someone who loves someone and can't tell them. A song for someone who has just fallen in love and a song for just people who are living their lives.

And, honestly, if somebody wants to criticize me for not being a trainwreck, that's fine with me!

When you say, 'I spent my summers at the Jersey Shore,' people always say, 'Oh, really?' They think of the TV show. So I just say, 'A cute little harbor town in New Jersey.'