I'm a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums.

Sexy is good as long as it's not the main recipe. It's an ingredient. I would not appear in a leotard in a video if I did not have other dimensions.

With pregnancy and nursing, the hormones mean your skin tends to be more sensitive to the light, so it's very important to use sun block every day.

I'm just a consequence of the great musical momentum and the great changes we are going through in the world.

Videos come definitely after the music has been created, but I have always felt, and especially today, that videos are vital in the album process. I think that we live in a very visual era, and if you make a mistake with a video, those images will accompany the song forever.

Guys don't like women telling them what to do. It reminds them of their mothers, or something like that.

I'm a perfectionist in recovery. I'm trying to deal with that monster inside of me that wants to do everything right. Or better than right.

I'm lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I'll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself.

I remember the first time I saw the 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' video. I will never forget that day. I just wanted to see Kurt Cobain's face. I had a feeling he was very cute. But, I couldn't see his face. When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!

People get jaded in every profession, but for some reason, I feel as passionate as when I was 13 years old and just released my first album. I feel the same amount of adrenaline in my blood, and the same amount of curiosity as well. Curiosity about why I'm different.

Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don't want it to happen to me.

I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.

I just think that it's very helpful to have a map of your psyche, because when you have a map, you know where to go.

When you feel complete, you don't need to get married, and you don't think about it.

I prefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.

Being raised in a developing country opened my eyes to so much I cannot tolerate. In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it's not a priority in the agendas of many leaders.

Because of you, I'm running out of reasons to cry.

I love reading about history. Sometimes, I feel I was born in the wrong era. There was more creativity in the air when people were still discovering new worlds.

I thank God that I'm a product of my parents, that they infected me with their intelligence and energy for life, with their thirst for knowledge and their love. I'm grateful that I know where I come from.

I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.