“Success happened little by little for me. I tasted the flavor of fame ...” — Shakira Quote

“Success happened little by little for me. I tasted the flavor of fame in small doses: I started at 10 years old when I won a music contest; I was performing at birthday parties, company meetings.”

“I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That's my fatal, absurd nature.”

“In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.”

“This is what I dreamed about. Playing at Wembley in front of a full crowd and my family, scoring on my 20th birthday.”

“In 1984, when I was a rookie member of the House, there was a bill introduced to make Martin Luther King's birthday a state holiday. It didn't have a chance. As time passed, though, more and more states adopted the holiday. Finally, after about five years, we passed it and, I think, almost unanimously. As I said, change is slow and hard.”

“If you look over the years, the styles have changed - the clothes, the hair, the production, the approach to the songs. The icing to the cake has changed flavors. But if you really look at the cake itself, it's really the same.”