Shakira for Latina Magazine April 2014

On how her son Milan has changed her: “Well I think he’s taught me, in general, he’s taught me how to simplify because he requires me most of the time. So I have to kind of learn how to be a little more direct with my own work, with the way I tackle my work.”

On her partner Gerard Pique: “We’re very much alike. We’re so similar. Our personalities are so similar we don’t understand how we get along so well, being so similar. We’re so compatible. We want the same things, we like the same things, we hate the same things. We’re so passionate the same way, we need passion the same way.”

On taking time to record her new album: “I remember when I met my manager he said, ‘We’re going to do this album in two months.’ And I started laughing and said, ‘You don’t know me Jay. This is going to be two years,’ and that’s exactly what it took.”

On whether she’s ready for another baby: “If it weren’t because of my music projects  I would be pregnant already. I would love to have eight or nine kids with Gerard—my own fútbol team.”