Shakira's childhood addiction!

Colombian pop star Shakira has revealed she has been addicted to performing on stage since she was five.

Colombian pop star Shakira has revealed she has been addicted to performing on stage since she was five.

The She Wolf songstress first experienced a desire to entertain when she saw a belly dancer gyrating in a restaurant and took to performing from then on, reports contactmusic.com.

"I was dancing and doing performances in school, every Friday, the same number over and over again. I was five years old and I got addicted to being on stage. It felt like the most wonderful place on Earth, performing in front of an audience, who in this case were a bunch of classmates, kids my age," she said.

"At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs. My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me. Who does that? What parents makes a treasure from his child's scribbles?" she asked.