Miami Sound Machine Quotes
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Whatever it is your heart desires, please go for it, it's yours to have.
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The responsibility of carrying and bringing a new life into this world is one that cannot be taken lightly.
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The music is one of the beautiful things that has survived the Castro regime. I have played for audiences all over the world but I've never played for a Cuban audience. For [husband] Emilio and me, the music is the one tie to our homeland.
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I wrote poetry, which got me into lyrics. Stevie Wonder, Carole King, Elton John pulled me into pop. I started singing with a band - just for fun - when I was 17. And pretty soon, I was thinking I could sing pop in English as well as Spanish.
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You've got to believe. Never be afraid to dream.
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We seal our fate with the choices we make.
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If you discover a word in my book that you don't understand, ask your parents so they can look it up in the dictionary for you.
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The secret of a long marriage is shaving your legs every day . . . because it shows you still care.
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I received an award for 25 million in [album] sales the night before the bus accident [in 1990].
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I have a twenty-month-old baby, a sixteen-year-old boy - same maturity level.
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You've got a new Spanish-language album out now ["90 Millas," released in September of 2007], and the single ["No Llores"] is #1 on the Billboard Latin chart.
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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.
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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.
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There are so many beautiful things that are a part of the world, and Ive always looked at life that way; Ive always tried to put on a smile and a brave front, not just for my kids but in my own life and all the difficulties that Ive gone through.
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I'd like them to see that those things that set us apart or make us different can be wonderful contributions to the world around us. I'd like them to see that size and color are irrelevant to the dreams we envision for ourselves. And I'd also love for them to see that life is a journey, and every step of the way, we can learn something and become stronger and wiser.
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Getting this caliber of musicians together [for "90 Millas" CD in September of 2007] is almost impossible to do again.
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We understand that as public figures, we are a target for people who have nothing to lose in their quest for fame and easy money, ... preposterous, slanderous and defamatory lies.
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She's an amazing dog and really inspired everything that's in this book.
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For the rest of my life, the one song that people will remember -- regardless -- is "Conga" . . . I never get tired of singing it. It never gets old for me.
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I wouldn't recommend working with your partner for everyone, because it's tough. There's got to be a really keen balance. You've got to know when to stop being the manager and become the husband. I can't go home and complain to my husband about my manager.
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[Cuban coffee is] very powerful, very sweet, and a little dangerous - just like the people who drink it.
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The separation of families to me is very close to my heart because we lived that as immigrants. I strongly feel that we all connected, and 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 am privileged to help in some way, and I will always take that opportunity.
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We must feel the pain before the pleasure, only then can we tell them apart.
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You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come.