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So Shakira was shy, but Shakira was also like, “I know what I want and I’m encouraged to say what I want.” When my dad discovered my voice, he was just proud and wanted to share what his little girl could do. It’s not a coincidence that people sing in the shower most of the time, because that’s when they’re completely naked and uninhibited and alone. Once you take that away and you’re there with your voice-it’s such a private, intimate act, the one of singing and exposing your soul. The stage and crowd and lights and applause of the people dress me. I feel a little silly, a little ridiculous, and a little naked. To this day, I find it hard to sing to a small group. Even when it was a total drag to perform in front of my family. I always wanted to make my dad proud and wanted to please him. I’d probably be a doctor or an archaeologist. I’m thinking about your parents, because it was your dad, mostly, right, who encouraged your creative spark? Without your dad and your family behind you, we wouldn’t have Shakira, would we? I torture him about every issue I see with my kids. This morning, at 6 a.m., I was like, Can I body-roll? Can I? Maria: I loved prepping for our interview. Yet through it all, her deep need to live the alegría (joy) of life has prevailed-even knowing that more challenges could come at any time. I also never realized how many times Shakira has been knocked down: from getting teased for being the weird girl in Barranquilla, Colombia, who sang with a vibrato that sounded “like a goat” to, more recently, facing a career-halting crisis when a vascular lesion on her vocal cords nearly caused her to lose her voice permanently. During our interview, she was thoughtful, present, and deliberate, not afraid to admit she’s battling the same demons we all are. I’ve covered Latino issues as a journalist for decades and I have a good BS detector trust me when I say Shakira sets off no alarms. Which is why it shocked me to hear her talk about her insecurities-although those immediately felt real too. The guttural power in her voice and her movement-the swaying and undulating and side-hip-thrusting that could push you over a ledge-have helped her sell more than 80 million records, win 14 Grammys, and earn more than 18 billion YouTube views, numbers that will only climb higher when her new album gets released (date TBD, but soon!).