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I'm very comfortable in my own skin now. I started just being myself more and more. For women, this happens as you get older. I loved my 40s - I thought they were fantastic. And I'm loving my 50s. I'm going to love everything because you're either older or dead!
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It is so important for me to keep authentic Cuban sounds alive. All of these great artists have changed the landscape of Latin music and it's an honor to have them on this album ["90 Millas," released in September of 2007]. I believe this album will expose a new generation to the richness of Cuban music.
Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine
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Those of you who speak only English, applaud [audience applause]. Those of you who speak only Spanish, applaud [audience applause]. [In mock incredulity] Then how do you know what I just said?
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To know that everything we say and do to this new little human being may have a profound effect on him or her is a daunting obligation.
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My mom was an amazing singer and music was a big part of my life, so I grew up listening to Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Henry Mancini; I used to watch 'The Andy Williams Show' on TV. I was very musical, so I was watching stuff that most kids my age wouldn't be interested in.
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My mom was definitely very strict with me.
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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.
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If the 70's freed our inhibitions, what good did it do?
Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine
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All I tell artists is, 'Do what you love. Never let anybody talk you into changing what your musical idea is just to try to get a hit, because you're chasing your tail that way. It's not going to happen, and if you're successful, you have to do it the rest of your life. Stay true to it and do it for the sake of the art.'
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I think we should all live the moment. But you also have to think ahead. You have to think, 'Am I going to be happy with this five, ten years from now? Is it going to let me evolve and grow, or am I going to grow to one day wish I had never done it?' Sometimes you just have to think a little bit ahead.
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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.
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In Europe there's the upper crust, and these are long, historically families and social systems that have certain established rules that's harder to break into.
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You never know what life has in store for you, but I believe there are certain things one is meant to go through
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Neither. I did not bring my crown, and the last thing I would want to do is get into politics.
Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine
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I'm a writer and this is what I love to do.
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I have great genes. Thank you to my mom and dad for that one.
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It's important to me that the words that I put out there into the cosmos, into the universe, be empowering or somehow positive for people that hear them, or maybe be cathartic if someone is having a relationship that's having a tough time.
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I was going to study at the Sorbonne and become a diplomat. Being a diplomat comes in handy when you are dealing with record companies.
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I spent my childhood alone, overweight and ugly, angry at everything, and knowing nothing of a life beyond this sadness.
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Later in life, the memories I have of my mother are of constant work balanced with caring for my ailing father.
Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine
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For I've finally realized that I could be infinitely better than before, definitely stronger. I'll face whatever comes my way, I'll savor each moment of the day, love as many people as I can along the way. Help someone who's given up, even if it's just to raise my eyes and pray.
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I only used my whole life one perfume, and it's Cartier's Les Must.
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Love is a constant source of inspiration, surprise, and wonderment.
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It's a universal story, it's an immigrant story, and it's a love story. In the United States, if you believe in yourself and you're determined and persevere, you're going to succeed.
Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine