Gloria Estefan Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Gloria Estefan on Wise Famous Quotes.
[After college] I was going to study at the Sorbon and become a diplomat. Being a diplomat comes in handy when you are dealing with record companies.
Love you all the time, 'cause when I close my eyes, I still can see your smile, it's bright enough to light my life
It's crucial with today's challenges that our children feel they have a source of information they can trust in their parents.
You know, it's funny how songs continue to grow and evolve and become a new and deeper reflection of your life.
Having felt people's love and support first hand through difficult moments in my life makes me feel it's our responsibility to help one another.
I've been offered a lot of things that celebrities do that I wouldn't do, like perfumes, lines of clothing and this, that and the other.
I doubt that Fidel will ever come back to power. I think he is slowly going to the great beyond. Too slowly ... he could have gone a long time ago.
My mom was a source of strength. She showed me by example that women, regardless of how difficult life may get, can do it all.
[Cuban coffee is] very powerful, very sweet, and a little dangerous - just like the people who drink it.
We kiss and hug our kids a lot! And even now when our son lives 3,000 miles away, we talk every day, sometimes several times.
I spent 15 years on the road between touring and recording and I never saw anything. I want to enjoy life.
Once you know the Romance languages, singing in those languages is so sexy and sensual. I do have a global audience, so why not?
In the United States, if you believe in yourself and you're determined and persevere, you're going to succeed.
There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child.
Sometimes parents, when they have a lot of small children, it's hard because your time's got to get divvied up. There's no other way.
It is always so, I guess, validating when you meet somebody that you esteem
and then they turn out to be everything [you thought] and more.
and then they turn out to be everything [you thought] and more.
My inspirations include the Beatles - love, love, love them - Elton John, Carole King, and Stevie Wonder.
Of course in Miami, not denouncing Fidel Castro at every turn is almost as bad as saying Gloria Estefan can't sing.
I make the best pancakes you'll ever have! And I claim that title gladly. On Saturdays I make them for everybody.
Later in life, the memories I have of my mother are of constant work balanced with caring for my ailing father.
There's some people that are 24 hours with the baby and it doesn't make a difference. They could be anywhere.
What's the point if you make something that's not you, and you're successful? You have to perform it the rest of your life.
Nothing ever stays in the middle. You always go from one extreme to the other, and politics is certainly that way.
I am trying to teach my children to feel a responsibility for their fellow human beings and a sense of connection with ... the world around them.
She [then nine-year-old daughter Emily] grew up with 'The Rhythm is Gonna Get You,' Well ... It got her!
I hold 'Mi Tierra,' my first Spanish-language album, very close to me because that was all done in my native tongue and won me my first Grammy.
You want your fans to like what you do, because it's coming from your heart and soul. You write it, you produce this thing. It's like your baby.
When I was a teenager, I was fat. I was shy. I wore glasses. I had a big eyebrow and hair all over my body. They were years of torture.
My daughter is almost a young lady. She's going to be 10 years old in December and I want to be there day-in and day-out.
If you're trying to do what's popular now, you're way behind already. By the time you record it and do it and try to copy it, it's moved on.
I think that the only way to teach is by example, as children will more easily follow what they see you do than what you tell them to do.
Music has been one of the most beautiful things in my life and will always be a very big part of who I am and what I do.
The responsibility of carrying and bringing a new life into this world is one that cannot be taken lightly.
I spent my childhood alone, overweight and ugly, angry at everything, and knowing nothing of a life beyond this sadness.
Everything that an artist does is a risk. Some people want you to stay the same. If you want to evolve, they want to keep you in a certain place.
Getting this caliber of musicians together [for "90 Millas" CD in September of 2007] is almost impossible to do again.
I voted, always vote. It's very important to me. My kids, I take them with me since they were little, so they realize it's a responsibility.
If there's ever been a dark moment in my life ... well, I wanted to check out. Music was a big escape.
Toys are not a need people typically think of, but they've got all these kids who have absolutely nothing to do.